[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 776 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 776

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2009

  Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Payne, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. 
   Levin, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Sires, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
Ackerman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Filner, Ms. McCollum, 
  Mr. Doyle, Ms. Harman, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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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.

    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.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY.

    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 toxic 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 thereto, 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).
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