3.0.0 1428 2023-01-11T13:18:16Z 2023-01-11T13:18:16Z Senate S S 2009-07-09 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-09T20:09:36Z Mercury Pollution Reduction Act of 2009 111 2065 HR 2009-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Related bill CRS Mercury Pollution Reduction Act 111 2190 HR 2009-12-16 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222. Related bill CRS 2009-07-09 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2009-07-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-07-09 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2009-07-09 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-07-09 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-07-23 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2009-07-24 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-07-31 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-10-30 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2010-03-03 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2010-09-14 False Environmental Protection Business records Child health Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Government information and archives Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Industrial facilities Manufacturing Solid waste and recycling Trade restrictions Women's health Environmental Protection 00 2009-07-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-01T21:37:30Z Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that is the policy of the United States 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 of women of childbearing age and young children.

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit: (1) the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using a mercury cell; and (2) the export of any mercury, mercury cell, mercury compound, or mixture containing mercury by the owner or operator of a chlor-alkali facility.

Requires the owner or operator of each chlor-alkali facility to report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and the state in which the facility is located on mercury waste, emissions, and content in products.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a comprehensive mercury inventory covering the life and closure of chlor-alkali facilities that cease operations on or after January 1, 2009; and (2) obtain mercury purchase records and such other information from each such facility as the Administrator determines to be necessary to determine the magnitude and nature of mercury releases from the facility into air and other environmental media.

]]> Mercury Pollution Reduction Act Display Title Mercury Pollution Reduction Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Mercury Pollution Reduction Act Introduced in Senate 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1428is/xml/BILLS-111s1428is.xml 2009-07-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.