[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2985 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2985

  To direct the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical 
  assistance for the cleanup at the site of the first anthrax attack.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2002

  Mr. Nelson of Florida 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 direct the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical 
  assistance for the cleanup at the site of the first anthrax attack.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anthrax Cleanup Assistance Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the property at 5401 NW Broken Sound Boulevard, Boca 
        Raton, Florida and all improvements thereon, which housed 
        American Media, Inc., was the first site impacted by the 
        anthrax attacks of last year;
            (2) Robert Stevens, an editor in the building, died as a 
        result of the attack;
            (3) the attack has closed the entire building since October 
        2001; and
            (4) the contaminated building has raised health and 
        emotional concerns for the surrounding community.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Consistent with the technical assistance that the Environmental 
Protection Agency has provided at other sites contaminated by anthrax, 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall provide technical assistance 
in support of the cleanup of the building described in section 2(1), 
including activities such as--
            (1) reviewing potential anthrax cleanup contractors and 
        confirming that they are qualified for the remediation of 
        anthrax;
            (2) reviewing selected contractor's proposed sampling and 
        remediation plans;
            (3) identifying State and Federal disposal facilities that 
        would take waste generated from anthrax cleanup; and
            (4) providing additional technical assistance as needed.

SEC. 4. COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

    The Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct community 
outreach activities, including--
            (1) a followup to their March 7-8, 2002 Forum in Palm 
        Beach, Florida, which was conducted to educate the American 
        Media, Inc. about the lessons learned from the Hart Senate 
        Office Building cleanup; and
            (2) a multi-agency seminar, including the Agency for Toxic 
        Substances and Disease Registry, the Occupational Safety and 
        Health Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control, to 
        discuss community health, occupational, and other concerns.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the appropriate State agencies 
should contribute to the cleanup of the building described in section 
2(1) in addition to any assistance the Federal Government may provide.
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