[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 477 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 477

 To provide for the temporary suspension of the reformulated gasoline 
 requirements under the Clean Air Act in States where bona fide health 
   concerns have been raised until those concerns are appropriately 
                               addressed.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 27 (legislative day, February 22), 1995

Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the temporary suspension of the reformulated gasoline 
 requirements under the Clean Air Act in States where bona fide health 
   concerns have been raised until those concerns are appropriately 
                               addressed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF REFORMULATED GASOLINE RULES.

    Notwithstanding any other law, upon the certification by 
appropriate health officials of a State that bona fide health concerns 
have been raised with respect to the use of reformulated gasoline as 
required by rules issued by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to achieve the objectives of 211(k) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(k)), the Administrator shall suspend implementation 
of those rules in the State until the later of--
            (1) April 1, 1995; or
            (2) the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency, in conjunction with appropriate public health officials 
        of the State, certify that the reformulated gasoline used to 
        achieve the objectives of that section is not causing human 
        health problems.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF HEALTH EFFECTS OF REFORMULATED GASOLINE.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with appropriate 
public health officials of a State that has requested a suspension of 
rules under section 1, shall--
            (1) investigate health complaints associated with use of 
        reformulated gasoline in the State;
            (2) report to Congress by April 1, 1995, on the result of 
        the investigation; and
            (3) include in the report recommendations for alternative 
        formulations that will meet with requirements of section 211(k) 
        of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(k)) without causing the 
        health problems reported in the State.
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