3.0.0 4591 2023-01-13T04:49:24Z 2023-01-13T04:49:24Z House H HR 2005-12-16 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Markup by 2006-05-18T16:43:11Z Referred to 2006-01-03T15:30:35Z Reported by 2006-11-15T16:18:00Z Markup by 2006-07-12T13:36:15Z Referred to 2005-12-16T14:00:20Z H. Rept. 109-714 PIC and POPs Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act 109 3849 HR 2006-09-19 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399. Related bill CRS POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2006 109 4800 HR 2006-02-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 109 6421 HR 2006-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2006-11-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00426 2006-11-15 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 109-714. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-11-15 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 109-714. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-12 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 15. Committee 2006-07-12 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2006-05-18 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 10. Committee 2006-05-18 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2006-01-03 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2005-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000210 Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] PAUL GILLMOR R OH E. 5 N 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z H.R. 4591, Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18029 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2006</p> 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z H.R. 4591, Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18029 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2006 Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Air pollution control Business records Chemical industries Chemicals Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Agency Environmental health Environmental monitoring Export controls Exports Federal preemption Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Hazardous wastes Health Industrial pollution International Affairs International environmental cooperation Judicial review Labeling Law Local laws Pesticide pollution Pesticide regulation Pesticides Polychlorinated biphenyls President and foreign policy Public health Risk Science, Technology, Communications Small business State laws Technological innovations Transboundary pollution Treaties Environmental Protection 00 2005-12-16 Introduced in House 2006-02-06T19:46:56Z Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2005 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention).

]]> 17 2006-11-15 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2007-02-26T20:19:35Z Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to provide for the implementation of three international environmental agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP POPs Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention).

(Sec. 2) Prohibits the manufacture, process, distribution for export, use, or disposal of specified Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue or amend rules related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in order to comply with the provisions of the POPs Convention or the LRTAP POPs Protocol.

Requires a notice and comment procedure that is triggered by the formal actions of the POPs Review Committee or the LRTAP POPs Protocol's Executive Body to add a new chemical to the international agreements. Sets forth: (1) time frames to publish notices; and (2) the information to be included and requested in notices.

Allows the Administrator to issue regulations to: (1) prohibit the use of such a newly listed chemical to protect human health and the environment in a manner that achieves a reasonable balance of social, environmental, and economic costs and benefits; and (2) bring the United States into compliance with its obligations under the POPs Convention and the LRTAP POPs Protocol when the POPs Convention Conference of the Parties or the parties to the LRTAP POPs Protocol add new chemicals to the list of banned or severely restricted chemicals. Establishes considerations for the Administrator to use when issuing such rules.

Sets forth exemptions from the prohibitions and restrictions on specified POPs under the POPs Convention or the LRTAP POPs Protocol. Specifies that if there is a conflict between exemptions under such agreements, the more stringent provision shall apply.

Requires the Administrator to publish: (1) a decision regarding the treatment of any new source categories that are not already listed under the Clean Air Act as major source categories; (2) notice of the development of action plans under the POPs Convention; and (3) a decision on whether to promulgate regulations for newly listed POPs or the status of a rulemaking if the Administrator has not made a decision about such POPs.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States shall consent to be bound by amendments to Annexes A, B, or C of the POPs Convention only after such amendments have been ratified by the United States. Requires the President to consult with and report to Congress before consenting to bind the United States to an amendment of the POPs Convention.

Requires the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the heads other federal agencies, to: (1) participate and cooperate in any international effort on chemicals; and (2) participate in activities designed to support implementation of the POPs Convention, the LRTAP POPs Protocol, and the PIC Convention.

(Sec. 3) Prohibits the Administrator from promulgating a rule authorizing PCB manufacture, processing, or distribution activities or granting an exemption from PCB regulations under TSCA, unless they are consistent with the exemptions under the POPs Convention and the LRTAP POPs Protocol.

Prohibits the distribution for export equipment that contains more than a specified percentage of PCBs in liquid stock, except for the purpose of legal, environmentally sound waste management.

(Sec. 4) Sets forth provisions concerning judicial review, including applying a substantial evidence standard for review of regulations related to new listing of POPs.

(Sec. 5) Establishes conditions for exporting chemicals listed on Annex III of the PIC Convention.

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