[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1078 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1078

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
    prescribe a rule that prohibits the importation for disposal of 
polychlorinated biphenyls at concentrations of 50 parts per million or 
                                greater.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 1997

  Ms. Rivers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
    prescribe a rule that prohibits the importation for disposal of 
polychlorinated biphenyls at concentrations of 50 parts per million or 
                                greater.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS FOR 
              DISPOSAL.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall prescribe a rule under section 6(e)(1) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) to prohibit the 
importation into the United States for disposal of polychlorinated 
biphenyls, or polychlorinated biphenyl items, at concentrations of 50 
parts per million or greater.
    (b) Exception.--
            (1) Petition.--The Administrator may use the authority 
        under section 6(e)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
        U.S.C. 2605(e)(3)) to accept and consider petitions to exempt 
        from the prohibition prescribed under subsection (a) specific 
        transboundary shipments into the United States for disposal of 
        polychlorinated biphenyls, or polychlorinated biphenyl items, 
        at concentrations of 50 parts per million or greater.
            (2) Report.--In any case in which the Administrator grants 
        an exemption pursuant to such a petition, the Administrator 
        shall submit to Congress a report containing notice of the 
        exemption and the reasons for the exemption. The exemption may 
        not take effect until the expiration of the 60-day period 
        beginning on the date the report is received by Congress.
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