3.0.0 1818 2023-01-11T20:41:39Z 2023-01-11T20:41:39Z Senate S S 2007-07-19 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-19T14:43:18Z Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act 110 5580 HR 2008-03-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2007-07-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2007-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9615) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-09-11 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-09-19 False B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-10-24 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-02-06 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-03-03 False Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Business records Child health Chlorine Commerce Environmental Protection Agency Environmental health Environmental research Families Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Hazardous wastes Health Health surveys Labor and Employment Law Manufacturing industries Mercury Occupational health and safety Science, Technology, Communications Storage Women Women's health Environmental Protection 00 2007-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-11T14:47:17Z Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of women of childbearing age and young children.

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells, effective January 1, 2012. Requires the owner or operator of each chlor-alkali facility to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and the state in which the facility is located an annual report for 2008-2012 concerning mercury waste, emissions, and content in products.

Requires EPA to conduct a comprehensive mercury inventory covering the life and closure of chlor-alkali facilities that cease operations on or after July 1, 2008.

Establishes the Mercury Storage Advisory Committee, which shall report to Congress on: (1) requirements necessary to prevent the release of, or worker exposure to, elemental mercury; and (2) annual costs of, federal facilities needed for, barriers to, and an optimal plan for, mercury storage.

Requires: (1) EPA to establish regulations to facilitate the transfer and storage of mercury located at closed facilities; and (2) beginning on July 1, 2008, the transfer of elemental mercury located at a closed facility that has ceased operations to a storage facility established by EPA in accordance with such regulations.

Requires EPA, in coordination with the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Administrator, by July 1, 2009, to conduct a health assessment of employees at chlor-alkali facilities that continue to operate as of July 1, 2008.

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