Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007

3.0.0 906 2023-11-13T20:13:16Z 2023-11-13T20:13:16Z Senate S S 2007-03-15 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2008-09-22T21:14:26Z Markup by 2008-07-31T20:57:32Z Hearings by 2008-05-13T18:51:56Z Referred to 2007-03-15T22:13:49Z S. Rept. 110-477 Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007 110 1534 HR 2008-05-13 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2008-10-14 Became Public Law No: 110-414. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2008-10-14 Became Public Law No: 110-414. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2008-10-14 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2008-10-14 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2008-10-03 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2008-10-03 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-29 Cleared for White House. 2008-09-29 08:30:12 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-09-29 08:30:11 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 - 5, 6 Present (Roll no. 669). (text: CR 9/27/2008 H10178-10179) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 669 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll669.xml House 110 2008-09-29T12:30:11Z 2 2008-09-29 08:30:11 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 393 - 5, 6 Present (Roll no. 669).(text: CR 9/27/2008 H10178-10179) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 669 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll669.xml House 110 2008-09-29T12:30:11Z 2 2008-09-29 08:05:24 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10333-10334) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-27 14:03:04 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Hall (TX) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. Floor H37210 2 House floor actions 2008-09-27 13:48:15 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 906. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-27 13:48:13 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10177-10181) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-27 13:48:00 Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-09-27 12:04:45 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-27 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2008-09-27 11:21:51 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2008-09-26 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Senate The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2008-09-26 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9874-9876; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9874-9876) Floor 2008-09-22 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1038. Calendars 2008-09-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-477. Minority views filed. Committee 2008-09-22 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-477. Minority views filed. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2008-07-31 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2008-05-13 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1249. Committee 2007-03-15 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3213-3215) IntroReferral 2007-03-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3213) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2007-03-15 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-06-05 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-10-25 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-04-01 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2008-09-15 False 2008-09-10T04:00:00Z S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20237 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workds on July 31, 2008</p> 2008-09-10T04:00:00Z S. 906, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20237 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workds on July 31, 2008 Public Law 110-414 Environmental Protection Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Environmental health Environmental research Export controls Federal advisory bodies Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Health Imports Labor and Employment Mercury Occupational health and safety Science, Technology, Communications Storage Transportation and Public Works Transportation of hazardous substances Environmental Protection

00 2007-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-07T18:36:10Z Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to: (1) prohibit any federal agency from conveying, selling, or distributing to any other federal, state, or local agency, or any private individual or entity, any elemental mercury under the control or jurisdication of such agency; (2) prohibit the export of elemental mercury from the United States effective January 1, 2010; (3) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to Congress on mercury compounds that may currently be used in products or processes; and (4) establish the Excess Mercury Storage Advisory Committee.

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49 2008-10-14 Public Law 2008-11-18T21:18:18Z Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008- (Sec. 3) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit any federal agency from conveying, selling, or distributing elemental mercury to any other federal, state, or local agency or any private individual or entity. Exempts: (1) transfers between federal agencies for the sole purpose of facilitating storage of mercury to carry out this Act; and (2) conveyances, sales, distributions, or transfers of coal.

(Sec. 4) Prohibits the export of elemental mercury from the United States effective January 1, 2013.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress, within one year after the enactment of this Act, on mercuric chloride, mercurous chloride or calomel, mercuric oxide, and other mercury compounds used in significant quantities in products or processes. Requires such report to include an analysis of: (1) the sources and amounts of such compounds imported into, or manufactured in, the United States annually; (2) the purposes for which each of the compounds is used domestically, the amounts consumed annually for each purpose, and the amounts estimated to be consumed in 2010 and beyond; (3) the sources and amounts of each compound exported annually in the last three years; (4) the potential for the compounds to be processed into elemental mercury after export; and (5) other information relevant in determining whether to extend the export prohibition to include mercury compounds.

Authorizes any U.S. resident to petition the Administrator for an exemption from the export prohibition. Authorizes the Administrator to grant an exemption for a specified use at an identified foreign facility if: (1) nonmercury alternatives for the specified use are not available in the country where the facility is located; (2) there is no other source of elemental mercury available from domestic supplies (not including new mercury mines) in the country where the mercury will be used; (3) the country where the mercury will be used certifies its support for the exemption; (4) the export will be conducted in a manner that ensures the mercury will be used at the facility described and will not be diverted for other uses for any reason; (5) the mercury will be used in a manner that will protect human health and the environment; and (6) the export for the specified use is consistent with international obligations of the United States intended to reduce global mercury supply, use, and pollution. Disallows any exemption for a duration exceeding three years and involving more than 10 metric tons of mercury.

Authorizes the Administrator to suspend or cancel an exemption for specified violations or the submission of false information. Subjects violators to penalties, injunctive relief, and citizen suits.

Declares that nothing in this Act: (1) affects, replaces, or amends prior law relating to the need for consistency with international trade obligations; or (2) prohibits the export of coal.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of Energy, not later than January 1, 2010, to designate a facility of the Department of Energy (DOE) for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury generated within the United States. Excludes from such designation the Y-12 National Security Complex or any other portion or facility of the Oak Ridge Reservation. Requires such facility to be operational by January 1, 2013.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess and collect a fee for management and storage of elemental mercury; and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees on the costs of such long-term management and storage. Requires the amount of such fees to be made publicly available by October 1, 2012.

Requires the Secretary, not later than October 1, 2009, to establish procedures and standards for the receipt, management, and long-term storage of elemental mercury at designated facilities that are protective of human health and the environmental and that ensure that the elementary mercury is stored in a safe, secure, and effective manner.

Subjects such stored mercury to the requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA). Sets forth provisions concerning permit applications under SWDA.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct training for elemental mercury management, transfer, storage, monitoring or response; (2) ensure that each designated facility has all equipment necessary for routine operations, emergencies, monitoring, checking inventory, loading, and storing mercury; and (3) ensure the installation of specified fire detection systems. Provides for indemnification of persons delivering elemental mercury to a designated facility.

Declares that elemental mercury that the Secretary is storing on a long-term basis is not subject to a specified SWDA storage prohibition. Deems a generator accumulating elemental mercury destined for a facility for 90 days or less to be accumulating the mercury to facilitate proper treatment, recovery, or disposal for purposes of SWDA standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.

Exempts elemental mercury that is stored at a facility with an SWDA hazardous waste permit from the SWDA prohibition of hazardous waste storage if: (1) the Secretary is unable to accept the mercury at a designated facility for reasons beyond the control of the owner or operator of the permitted facility; and (2) such owner/operator certifies that the owner/operator will ship the mercury to the designated facility when the Secretary is able to accept it, and will not sell it or otherwise place it into commerce.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by July 1, 2014, on a study that: (1) determines the impact of the long-term storage program on mercury recycling; and (2) includes proposals to mitigate any negative impact.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator, at least three years after the effective date of the export prohibition, but not later than January 1, 2017, to report to specified congressional committees on the global supply and trade of elemental mercury.

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Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2007 Short Titles as Enacted Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 5673 110 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2022-02-03T05:19:13Z 2008-09-26 Amendment SA 5673 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 5673 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/110th-congress/senate-amendment/5673 B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z Senate 110 S Senate S 906 Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 2023-11-13T20:13:16Z 6 2008-09-26 0 Senate Amendment SA 5673 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2008-09-26 0 Senate Amendment SA 5673 proposed by Senator Whitehouse for Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S9876) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2008-09-26 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 5673 proposed by Senator Whitehouse for Senator Boxer.(consideration: CR S9876) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 5673 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Enrolled Bill 2008-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s906enr/xml/BILLS-110s906enr.xml Engrossed in Senate 2008-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s906es/xml/BILLS-110s906es.xml Reported to Senate 2008-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s906rs/xml/BILLS-110s906rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2007-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s906is/xml/BILLS-110s906is.xml 2008-10-15T03:59:59Z Public Law 2008-10-14 Became Public Law No: 110-414. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.