[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4118

To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 
to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 8, 2006

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Menendez) 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 amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 
to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.

    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 ``Toxic Right-to-Know Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS IN REPORTING FREQUENCY.

    (a) In General.--Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11023) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (i); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (j) through (l) as 
        subsections (i) through (k), respectively.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Sections 322(h)(2) and 326(a)(1)(B)(iv) 
of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 
U.S.C. 11042(h)(2), 11046(a)(1)(B)(iv)) are amended by striking 
``313(j)'' each place it appears and inserting ``313(i)''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY.

    (a) Form A Certification Statement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--
            (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency (referred to in this section as the ``Administrator'') 
        shall establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of 
        a form A certification statement under the Toxics Release 
        Inventory Program established under the Emergency Planning and 
        Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.) 
        at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent 
        bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals; and
            (2) the use of a form A certification statement described 
        in paragraph (1), or any equivalent successor to the statement, 
        shall be prohibited with respect to any chemical identified by 
        the Administrator as a chemical of special concern under 
        section 372.28 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
        successor regulation).
    (b) Revision of Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Administrator shall not implement the proposed rule of the 
Administrator dated October 4, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 57822), to revise 
requirements under the Toxics Release Inventory Program described in 
subsection (a)(1).
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