117 S3127 IS: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023
U.S. Senate
2023-10-25
text/xml
EN
Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023
.(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Extended responsibility for beverage containers and packagingSec. 101. Extended responsibility for beverage containers and packaging.TITLE II—Protecting communities from plasticsSec. 201. Short title.Sec. 202. Findings.Sec. 203. Definitions.Sec. 204. Environmental justice protections at covered facilities.Sec. 205. Microplastics research and directives.Sec. 206. Reducing single-use plastics in agriculture.TITLE III—Plastic pellet-free watersSec. 301. Effluent limitations for wastewater, spills, and runoff from plastic polymer production facilities, plastic molding and forming facilities, and other point sources associated with the transport and packaging of plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials.<enum>I</enum><header>Extended responsibility for beverage containers and packaging</header><section id="id2c220329ff2f4c018bf868ae24cbc896"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extended responsibility for beverage containers and packaging</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b41f335967347c38b0452f9b57caafd"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c088310af934a359b7558a8e32e8b2c"><subtitle id="idb452c43fd33643e6b2fdc172a3bf4554" style="OLC"><enum>K</enum><header>Extended responsibility for beverage containers and packaging</header><section id="idf02d75b4c0e04c97ab2210345371deee"><enum>12001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text><paragraph id="idd925174bb0e246d09a9817eb15c30332"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>The term <term>advisory committee</term> means an advisory committee established by the Administrator under section 12106(a). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc36912a619c4c9dad0d634cd7b2560a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Beverage</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida67cb364cd414bb38a3a252440885c22"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>beverage</term> means any drinkable liquid intended for human oral consumption, including—</text><clause id="idb5114b074440484b8c4db0338d0e1b94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>water;</text></clause><clause id="id4f007678fb7e4874b5087935f79a9823"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>flavored water;</text></clause><clause id="ida8f3d2c950fa40bd9801274f6b32881d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>soda water;</text></clause><clause id="iddf6863f00fe14d88b2f65c3c0efc8095"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>mineral water;</text></clause><clause id="id5038f7f2be4148ca8383ab34495f1488"><enum>(v)</enum><text>beer;</text></clause><clause id="id353f5d30d80d4c16a51fa1f9079d4cac"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a malt beverage;</text></clause><clause id="idbac57e821b6e4573bcd01ec40ef6445c"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a carbonated soft drink;</text></clause><clause id="id1d2d3870218d46deb83a9c127ff811ad"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>liquor;</text></clause><clause id="ida5b18034a26a4f78b020c43866fe3bca"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>tea;</text></clause><clause id="idbcc001bd29c347b0a8cf142eb288a00b"><enum>(x)</enum><text>coffee;</text></clause><clause id="id5b0b8b5ae9a74a8cbd73a2d67668bdc1"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>hard cider;</text></clause><clause id="idbfefdd1f832c418fadbe9c42e1ebac53"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>fruit juice;</text></clause><clause id="id728a43a416e046ee8b4256f8fac26eca"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>an energy or sports drink;</text></clause><clause id="idf747b39344454e7fb4c9338f267ed764"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>coconut water;</text></clause><clause id="idb6d9767d52ec4cd688f34c4961f5aa31"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>wine;</text></clause><clause id="id4b77f62a40a14728ba4b6f815f0397dd"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>a yogurt drink;</text></clause><clause id="idc4d856c2f70a48e4bf9359aa9b03e0f6"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>a probiotic drink;</text></clause><clause id="idbc4f35b79506457d9cf89e5603f6c7e1"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text>a wine cooler; and</text></clause><clause id="ida6ebe6f213ac4ec3bc533ee13c69df7f"><enum>(xix)</enum><text>any other beverage determined to be appropriate by the Administrator.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc31608b5540c4113a8d126561a5098d6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>beverage</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id957a5688cb3a4c5983bc3a18639d8657"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a drug regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/301">21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="idf8b9613e43c74089a78bf7e6543a8e34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>infant formula; or</text></clause><clause id="id72223adc864847819230e269a788cd45"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a meal replacement liquid.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idda5e2390bc1946a7a4d9e91227e94441"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Beverage container</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bf9dc354a004a08bf1c6d03787c2d6e"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>beverage container</term> means a prepackaged container that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3761c731e9a34b79b1d309a6bde686a5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designed to hold a beverage;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc209ab9fbb54f6086101c70a278a38d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made of any material, including glass, plastic, and metal; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide335212a156f42c4b8d1fe03925e32b9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a volume of not more than 3 liters.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1e2b216af0a423da6d2afa085b0db8f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>beverage container</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id71ea9519b18e4be9a429438703018dbc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a carton;</text></clause><clause id="id2ed04d76ca114a8fa5560c0626f026a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a pouch; or</text></clause><clause id="idabfd390384984ae5a1192c77f9c63792"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>aseptic packaging, such as a drink box.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id36370ce87da5478897a0b5c0784928ad"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Brand</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac7a6cba607140e98791c513cd16fc87"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>brand</term> means any mark, word, name, symbol, design, device, or graphic element that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd04e041e19e540d89146f11b5fef27a0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies a product; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb72f14134eda4a63a121104e0881bc54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distinguishes the product from other products.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20341806d25b421282cb0a4f7ad5411c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>brand</term> includes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id715d32a73bc645b6a311bd72c3d98f90"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any combination of 2 or more marks, words, names, symbols, designs, devices, or graphic elements described in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ddd0c3ee75441cb8b635ea8fdbf4406"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any registered or unregistered trademark.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9dfa09c0e8824b59adc58c58b9c9ee40"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Compostable</header><subparagraph id="idb4bd2d4452154f20b52c7ccdf8d04239"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>compostable</term>, with respect to a covered product described in subparagraph (B), means that the covered product—</text><clause id="id5cf355205d364954ba17b84e36ec5396"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id67bd5c669ce649e18a41d898969c3139"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meets the ASTM International standard specification for compostable products numbered D6400 or D6868—</text><item id="id80124b4947a74d84a74fb9a3c8b796bb" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>as in effect on the date of enactment of this subtitle; or</text></item><item id="idc67acac14a7043b295315a39b5628d7e" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>as revised after the date of enactment of this subtitle, if the revision is approved by the Administrator; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idada6559b7b434c75a690c13967b160dc" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is labeled to reflect that the covered product meets a standard described in subclause (I);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8305008640594703bbb72d449bb99157"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is certified as a compostable product by an independent third party that is approved by the Administrator; or</text></clause><clause id="id09416c576e334ceb9d785fda87706af7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>comprises only wood or natural fiber, without any—</text><subclause id="id275bf75899f74325a389208117b89f38"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coating;</text></subclause><subclause id="id044d0521777541a0a796061b6389c924"><enum>(II)</enum><text>additive; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idd8f388a6bda24f808ee685ca5638a226"><enum>(III)</enum><text>effective beginning on February 1, 2025, toxic substance.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id140723e5d5344c17aa982573ec2c13a0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of covered products</header><text>The covered products referred to in subparagraph (A) are covered products other than—</text><clause id="idb618d5033e2b4099bd18143547fb398d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>paper; and</text></clause><clause id="ide4ccbb2a33bd41299114a06a81b6014c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>effective beginning on February 1, 2025, a covered product that contains a toxic substance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b31ca0b5daf47ccb2ad243465ee83b7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Covered product</header><subparagraph id="idb5f148a016d74bc2b4972c8c558eec5f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>covered product</term>, regardless of recyclability, compostability, or material type, means—</text><clause id="id174ea67234964abe9a19eda2e6bd82f1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>packaging;</text></clause><clause id="idd003107df9754744a9818c2ca4764781"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a food service product;</text></clause><clause id="id8ec945089a714a7198295e4b2f8ceb90"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>paper; and</text></clause><clause id="idcb828b987be54f97bf25bb614719450c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a single-use product that is not subject to a prohibition under section 12202 or 12203.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf1681acc0f1f4159a74a22a01a466695"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>covered product</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idebfde9009f5244f197932c8f3bd5dd63"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a beverage container; or</text></clause><clause id="idc1ca152c453a47eba91be23b84fdbe86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any product subject to an extended responsibility program at the State level, as determined by the Administrator.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50a641e7df284c8fb6a920bb3578258b"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental justice</header><text>The term <term>environmental justice</term> means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all individuals, regardless of race, color, national origin, educational level, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies to ensure that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided47bf66ccbe43279338745b06bf49fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>full access to public information and opportunities for meaningful public participation with respect to human health and environmental planning, regulations, and enforcement is provided to each census tract and census block group—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd003f5baf19f4317aaa2bbcb7387cd95"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of population of people of color of which is not less than the average percentage of population of people of color in the State in which the tract or block group is located; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29aff699359e4cf59d0c9f2b0b8a33f4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of population of households with an income of not more than twice the Federal poverty level of which is not less than the percentage of population of those households in the applicable State;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61fd275fd9914d8f8d1f4fecb7fa84b6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no census tract or census block group described in subparagraph (A) is exposed to a disproportionate burden of the negative human health and environmental impacts of pollution or other environmental hazards; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc299448138142df88dc4e027c92f540"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the 17 principles described in the document entitled <quote>The Principles of Environmental Justice</quote>, written and adopted at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit convened on October 24 through 27, 1991, in Washington, DC, are upheld.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc62eccc5d2b24159bf524aa449e9a9e0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Food service product</header><text>The term <term>food service product</term> means an item intended to deliver a food product, regardless of the recyclability or compostability of the item, including—</text><subparagraph id="iddcd849bbfa0f49ec82024c82cfc06c05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a utensil;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67d98842f74a494f9a2302a7da45fcfd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a straw;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id554193d5f4e646649e2accc715451eef"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a stirrer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0a53a9991bae4423a69158a705185a40"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a drink cup;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide518d799c4134427a3d1f103b4c63ffa"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a drink lid;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide44bc3d2f56344998918f242e552face"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a food package;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb25b35b7447f4d26885f62f58f446504"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a food container;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44f9e277bc9e43a2b529638a67cd566d"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a hinged or lidded container (commonly known as a <term>clamshell</term>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47770f64eb434d8493f2eda7fbbf16d1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a plate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id587c032187364b949149192b1e9b2010"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a bowl;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida910566b2ffd48229e00a495fc2aef97"><enum>(K)</enum><text>a meat, fish, seafood, or vegetable tray;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7cffd3b61d074661973efbf48c1d47ce"><enum>(L)</enum><text>a food wrapper; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bd37126ad074dbebbf92a29e7b23fa1"><enum>(M)</enum><text>a beverage container.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2c35e81a92d4576aff5638c6dbed200"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>The term <term>Organization</term> means a Producer Responsibility Organization described in section 12102(a)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id43582fea4c3f44208af2c1309e4dce34"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Packaging</header><subparagraph id="idec9941b942444e98a2979f869e7dfc01"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>packaging</term> means—</text><clause id="id0cb1c436532f4e879244ddbf851e5316"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any package or container, regardless of recyclability or compostability; and</text></clause><clause id="id779e074fc3a946ccba9ef4707606c0be"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any separable and distinct material component, regardless of recyclability or compostability, used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery, and presentation of goods that are sold, offered for sale, or distributed to consumers in the United States, including through an internet transaction.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2fcd587bbe4f4112ba0a46c6622473d1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>packaging</term> includes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40b2161a84cd4b0d97b3d7a8546a3dc2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an item described in subparagraph (A) that is—</text><subclause id="id704a8cffdb11434b83ffb5b026a65a60"><enum>(I)</enum><text>sales packaging or primary packaging intended for the consumer market;</text></subclause><subclause id="id0cbe40214d2240eab42fb99e7e1daa0c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>service packaging designed and intended to be used or filled at the point of sale, such as carry-out bags, bulk good bags, take-out bags, and home delivery food service products;</text></subclause><subclause id="id15fe4c81fd3744109bfee01b8a6a8895"><enum>(III)</enum><text>secondary packaging used to group products for multiunit sale; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id4bcc6cc9594140648e630d6b4ca19235"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>tertiary packaging used for transportation or distribution directly to a consumer; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id781e36e2b91e44f4b2a9833384469b3c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any ancillary element that is—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida98acee25bb246a28c3e943d4a9514bd"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hung on, or attached to, a product; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85478f17d21e416b8c908d0981b42828"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performing a packaging function.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a577b11ae03490a948185d833e1d724"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>packaging</term> does not include an item described in subparagraph (A) or (B) that—</text><clause id="ida15abed68d6a4455beb788d12983fe52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is used for the long-term protection or storage of a product; and</text></clause><clause id="id55fb83e05a2340b09bc495190dc99d5c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a useful life of not less than 5 years, as determined by the Administrator.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id48e61b6bec9240d0bec6951ec8ed6268"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Paper</header><subparagraph id="id5689368d27c243178b40a0cefe6a3f96"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>paper</term> means a paper product that is sold, offered for sale, delivered, or distributed to a consumer or business in the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide58759b779cf49538304b523e38258bb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>paper</term> includes—</text><clause id="id93c94e75db5e481bbb126ef6fc90867f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>newsprint and inserts;</text></clause><clause id="id69c0667ce53741cda1b830191f3745a6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>magazines and catalogs;</text></clause><clause id="idd0cec19cc7354853bc32e7181df5a16e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>direct mail;</text></clause><clause id="ide21f15f285174c9091542799ef6342db"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>office paper; and</text></clause><clause id="id49f8e0f9ba1347148877b6ff2b48e16b"><enum>(v)</enum><text>telephone directories.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b1b10de797e491e8c312d6371d9f864"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>paper</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idd6733228553743828f68aee910bb4269"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a paper product that, due to the intended use of the product, could become unsafe or unsanitary to recycle; or</text></clause><clause id="id2e178d6f02ca4285a56800b503e143af"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a bound book.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8e4c77bc24e4b9b96eac54a11bd159e"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The term <term>Plan</term> means a Product Stewardship Plan of an Organization under section 12103(a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c75fbc08d0045c3a89478f0672b2010"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Plastic</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f003a04fcd54110933d20402a793112"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>plastic</term> means a synthetic or semisynthetic material that is—</text><clause id="id39831d7941b1462d9590648cf20a3874"><enum>(i)</enum><text>synthesized by the polymerization of organic substances; and</text></clause><clause id="id190980f64ef9482a8d7a16acd48de4a5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>capable of being shaped into various rigid and flexible forms.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9f3d22a29004ec7bced67e656a14af3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>plastic</term> includes any coating or adhesive described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id47eb5e8ecdaa42cc8ca526614e3c3554" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Plastic component</header><text>The term <term>plastic component</term> means an item that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcf4a7413fe34c7983fac7102b9de2d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is composed wholly or partially of plastic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09527e2334b44d539fe05c4c9e9df982"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comprises—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2582f85d32674ee18a48bb777f05debf"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the entirety of a covered product; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2152da9e7d6c4c6baf308d52f99c681c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an element of a covered product that is detachable on or after use of the covered product.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb237761457d446319bd1f02572866f23"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Post-consumer recycled material</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd169e643dbfc4bb08e2d2d725b118f8d"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>post-consumer recycled material</term> means new material produced using material resulting from the recovery, separation, collection, and reprocessing of material that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided54556273e748eabf32600718f117b6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was originally sold for consumption; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd77173134f04bdeb1b06c2f6bb3e387"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would otherwise be disposed of or processed as waste.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ce9181b2bfd4778914d59e16dcce89f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>post-consumer recycled material</term> does not include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50b903d0d2ad40b68dbabad1026724e4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">post-industrial material;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c33822b402e41438a82d969c91e96f4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preconsumer material; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30af6b05f12d4a678bb7b6a61ad2eebb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a material or byproduct—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id145883cda0c4416a992c6931d4d13666"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">generated by means of advanced recycling, chemical recycling, combustion, gasification, incineration, pyrolysis, solvolysis, thermal desorption, waste-to-energy, waste-to-fuel, or any other chemical or molecular conversion process; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id087fa70607ce4e45a771373bb81de2d3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing and fabrication process.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfbef93de75544c08b5ab6a256ee5dc76" commented="no"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Producer</header><subparagraph id="id07eb9f48566744b5822b2a3679a43b59"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>producer</term> means an entity that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13f969d4f6dc47c6ae1aabef87e8e336"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idbaba83492e3b48ea9dfe3c7fea3f1c28"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">manufactures a covered product or beverage container; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9de0100ade074e41895f909627f290ee" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owns, or is a licensee of, the brand or trademark under which that covered product or beverage container is—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ce2839309584cda9e625e5b4cb34c44"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used in a commercial enterprise in the United States;</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30d935cf25c4447290f23195b3de9797"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sold or offered for sale in the United States; or</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb403e2977564d5fb1c11abe1b221a65"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distributed in the United States;</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id840b5e76290349ae8c4e1ad1c7e22d3a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if no entity described in clause (i) exists with respect to a covered product or beverage container, owns or, if the owner is not located in the United States, is the exclusive licensee of a brand or trademark under which the covered product or beverage container is used in a commercial enterprise, sold or offered for sale, or distributed, in the United States; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86af9282da3545e4b26cea659c665a35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if no entity described in clause (i) or (ii) exists with respect to a covered product or beverage container, sells, offers for sale, or distributes the covered product or beverage container in the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbfa93e21052a4ac5a46108c18e4440c8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>producer</term> does not include an entity that produces, harvests, and packages an agricultural commodity on the site where the agricultural commodity was grown or raised.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf76ab2661b504eb3ba412f5b0e665d52"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Related definitions</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A):</text><clause id="id95c6a7a4412f41bc8c5bf7c660a11cb3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Licensee</header><text>The term <term>licensee</term> means an entity that holds the exclusive right to use a trademark or brand in the United States in connection with the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a covered product or beverage container.</text></clause><clause id="idb90d4e829a4b4aea9a4bb1bf5f08d453"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Manufacture</header><text>The term <term>manufacture</term>, with respect to a beverage container, means to bottle, can, or otherwise fill a beverage container for sale to—</text><subclause id="id22cde2e35df340e5913055dab1eb42d0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>distributors distributing beverage containers to retailers;</text></subclause><subclause id="id37c7f434f94a4150becf0ff2c7de1a5d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>importers; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id2012b29a08e34320af4e8926a60801e8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>retailers.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id486b5b1c752b4280914e7bca7da36129"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Sale</header><text>The term <term>sale</term> includes the delivery of a covered product or beverage container to a purchaser in the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcf8980e7813b40a983b5a61a504a7d2d"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Product line</header><text>The term <term>product line</term> means a group of related products marketed under a single brand name that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44e72fafd82e49199496c75cc8f1a827"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is sold, offered for sale, or distributed by a distributor in the United States, including through an internet transaction; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33c1f78f62c14e139a4fc3ab7003d293"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is used by the distributor for the purpose of distinguishing those products from other, similar products for better usability for consumers. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2fdc7467b434864be4e3fc303970118"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Prohibited plastic packaging</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>prohibited plastic packaging</term> means plastic packaging that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8059bb7389864607ac613c45f7a9675f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a nondetectable pigment, such as carbon black;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcca1613842284a9a88efb41437bcd53e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is rigid and is composed wholly or partially of polyethylene terephthalate glycol;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id304e79057e1446e5bf2bcb507c49f53f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is composed wholly or partially of polystyrene, including expanded polystyrene;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaefc214168824379899acdfb5c5a8c60"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is composed wholly or partially of polyvinyl chloride, including polyvinylidene chloride;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8fbeb159d1ce4e129b1c7af1a576b1f3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>contains an oxodegradable additive, including an oxobiodegradable additive; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf1453c674a444c7b7a31f9bc044778f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>contains a problematic label construction that hinders recycling or makes the packaging nonrecyclable, including adhesives, inks, materials, and design features.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id891652dd29144882a87d96bff21e3780"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Recyclable</header><text>The term <term>recyclable</term>, with respect to a covered product or a beverage container, means that the covered product or beverage container—</text><subparagraph id="id552cb90bf2ef42b99d317c5e10df5350"><enum>(A)</enum><text>can be economically and technically recycled in current United States market conditions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2f639f8401749259ad57c12bb11c2e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is collected pursuant to 1 or more recycling programs covering not less than 60 percent of the population of the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2508249185da4c1ebb778b76919587c3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>can be sorted into 1 or more recycling-process defined streams that are sent to, and reclaimed at, a reclaiming facility in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, done at Basel, Switzerland, March 22, 1989;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5aaa9bcde2d74c8585e0c46cb2046053"><enum>(D)</enum><text>does not include an attached component, such as a shrink sleeve, label, or filter, that is required to be removed by a consumer before the covered product or beverage container can be recycled; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12632b9dd1a44c0f8977ccea81637031"><enum>(E)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idb199561dc9d4412781f82402a24093e1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of plastic packaging, is designed not to include any component, ink, adhesive, or label that prevents recycling of the plastic packaging according to the most-recent design guide published by the Association of Plastic Recyclers; and</text></clause><clause id="ided820f274f4a454ba5d739be3bd35996" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of nonplastic packaging or any other covered product—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06335d15df24434bb48bbc9b7d095d03"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designed to meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcb46a21ccc044a7bd6fed52203d1e34"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include any component, ink, adhesive, or label that prevents recycling of the covered product or nonplastic packaging.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7760429e9fb04af8a17487b0d4dc0492"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Recycle</header><subparagraph id="id951611b5222944d9be9a078681d1d1e5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>recycle</term> means the series of activities by which a covered product or beverage container is—</text><clause id="id57e5c8f8e0f34696970553897c6d1f86"><enum>(i)</enum><text>collected, sorted, and processed; and</text></clause><clause id="idb3eeb357b1914f8f8275277a1f15c528"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ide6110ff80f3f4761aff09510ee91b55f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>converted into a raw material with minimal loss of material quality;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9cc34bb0819e434281471ad4df028ef0" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>used in the production of a new product, including the original covered product or beverage container; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idb3f050683ea64ca08b85aa29f74752a4" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of composting or organic recycling, productively used for soil improvement.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id047c8edcd9924407809003f292e83e13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>recycle</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id9761064a4afa48dc8b0ca8b9fdc95338"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a method of sorting, processing, and aggregating materials from solid waste that does not preserve original material quality, as a result of which the aggregated material—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2defec2772f4be5b8b3a04e0729d12a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is no longer usable for—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c9f7a5d901f4a9f9445f23f042bd89c"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the initial purpose; or</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb5ee1cef1f746699dcca99fb90b6b9f"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a substantially similar purpose; and</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8e1cef5bcfc449ebb4be28e2363fe4d"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can only be used for an inferior purpose or product (commonly referred to as <quote>downcycling</quote>);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf4a53df0f92f473b918943e06512436b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of waste—</text><subclause id="id81f0ec27162f49e483bbfb6a52831f84"><enum>(I)</enum><text>as a fuel or fuel substitute;</text></subclause><subclause id="idaf9d24a0a7ee467591a7f67d09475087"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for energy production;</text></subclause><subclause id="id17cf0a2f006e43b7b1ccacfc0658d9f7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>for repurposing into infrastructure, including—</text><item id="idc898033da113499ab638b0ab0cd735ff"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>pavement for streets or sidewalks;</text></item><item id="id7d4aa702214848e7bf9ee1138abb3a10"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>building materials; and</text></item><item id="id3cb7f0c3f8114d4cb5c95c8a9c422f0c"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>other infrastructure projects, as determined by the Administrator;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idb30d3fff17aa4141ad00bdb3537f4a8c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>for alternate operating cover; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id485bbb103ab54e7283c482798aedeb89"><enum>(V)</enum><text>within the footprint of a landfill; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf22f3f9b81de4970a09706153ee5979e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the conversion of waste into an alternative product, such as a chemical, feedstock, fuel, or energy, through—</text><subclause id="id5abcdf2fc58042d29a71c5593a1cc958"><enum>(I)</enum><text>incineration;</text></subclause><subclause id="id87ee5d3443d34594b1d9b812bc307037"><enum>(II)</enum><text>pyrolysis;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4cba867b0dd24de08c4db21bbc5a8bd2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>hydropyrolysis;</text></subclause><subclause id="id47e689739ff14677a4043b0c614ca2c6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>methanolysis;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4ee8521bb2ed4ec8abda2b3db98e0210"><enum>(V)</enum><text>gasification; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id7712c3f8fbcc4a7dbe2a6c22ed37d819"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a similar technology, as determined by the Administrator.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd3693dc603043fe9878943338a9d74b"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Redeem</header><text>The term <term>redeem</term> means to return to a retailer or producer an empty beverage container in exchange for a refund of the applicable amount under section 12108(c).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6720c2d4efa94ad28b00623a397264d5"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Redemption center</header><text>The term <term>redemption center</term> means a facility established under section 12108(e)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbaacd6f01a4a4f4a92e95d2f8c0d0f8e"><enum>(23)</enum><header>Refillable; reusable</header><text>The term <term>refillable</term> or <term>reusable</term>, with respect to a beverage container or covered product, means that the beverage container or covered product is—</text><subparagraph id="id1e59bf96552c42a089b4b8382e3e7575"><enum>(A)</enum><text>explicitly designed and marketed to be used—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c637985c2c940d29ea8b916787919c5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by a producer or consumer, multiple times for the same or a similar product; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddacf932b929744a5bf5c05b772eab072"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by a producer, for another purposeful packaging use in a supply chain;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd1882f2b4b0428db028733983a3d0f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designed for durability to function properly in original condition for multiple uses; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8afa945e85494308b932feff2917ecad"><enum>(C)</enum><text>mechanically feasible for refill or reuse in current United States market conditions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f022b0f225749c49c0956fe231158ff"><enum>(D)</enum><text>feasible for refill or reuse for such number of cycles as the Administrator determines to be appropriate to achieve a significant environmental benefit across the lifecycle of the beverage container or covered product, as compared to a single-use beverage container or covered product; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0daa3378fc02424882d55e031943504e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>part of a reuse and refill system in the United States under which not less than 95 percent of beverage containers are returned to distributors for reuse and refill.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id64b6520b8f574df282c6edb71a5c6ca5"><enum>(24)</enum><header>Responsible end market</header><text>The term <term>responsible end market</term> means a material market in which the recycling or recovery of materials or the disposal of contaminants is conducted in a manner that, as determined by the Administrator—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcc4299b4b5443b594d4dd12ef91153f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">benefits the environment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5343e563b20b4a308130dad573d2e66d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minimizes risks to—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3568238be8f643acb6bd25b86f52f031"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public health; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06361027957049e1b99e4696ad7aa620"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">worker health and safety.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6fb3dff3b23640079aac53a1162013d1"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Restaurant</header><subparagraph id="id635b8ee97b1b4b2fb81a965cc81d6292"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>restaurant</term> means an establishment the primary business of which is the preparation of food or beverages for consumption by the public—</text><clause id="id413c93c2eabe49c8a32e2a4d355cdbd8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a form and quantity that is consumable immediately at the establishment, regardless of whether a purchased food or beverage is consumed on-premises; or</text></clause><clause id="id580313179bef43fa81969c4510f7b4bf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a consumable form for consumption off-premises.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id162972387a83459f9b080268fb1e4699"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>restaurant</term> includes a fast food restaurant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id16627e619b164503a26af0d15b456bb4"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Retailer</header><subparagraph id="idad7d480d7ab94f0e94e37f8b2480b787"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>retailer</term> means an entity located in the United States that—</text><clause id="id450ed4bfbf11492a99876e14d961fdab"><enum>(i)</enum><text>engages in the sale of beverage containers or covered products to a consumer; or</text></clause><clause id="id5d6074e24f72413f97cff3c90cea33ae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides beverage containers or covered products to an individual or entity in commerce, including provision free of charge, such as at a workplace or event.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd9b1033bcb445f887659314f6fa727c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>retailer</term> includes an entity located in the United States that engages in the sale of, or provides, beverage containers as described in subparagraph (A) through a vending machine or similar means.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c951fb37e5843899a2b213d2688eb9a"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Reuse and refill system</header><text>The term <term>reuse and refill system</term> means a set of mechanisms relating to refillable or reusable covered products and beverage containers that is supported by adequate infrastructure at the producer level, and adequate and convenient availability and retail infrastructure at the consumer level, to ensure that the covered products and beverage containers can be—</text><subparagraph id="id7a8aa949be9740b6bd6bd736721c91d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>repeatedly recovered, inspected, repaired (if necessary), and reissued by producers into the supply chain for reuse or refill for multiple cycles; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc85c8de1390b41db941bb8f80ae72bf4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conveniently and safely reused or refilled by producers and consumers for multiple cycles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id87be7b9571d8470b89fc7aa05ca41ad0"><enum>(28)</enum><header>Single-use</header><subparagraph id="id0fe7b3ea408247e881c8d90d7fab1b69"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>single-use</term>, with respect to a covered product or a beverage container, means that the covered product or beverage container is routinely disposed of, recycled, or otherwise discarded after 1 use.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id800d885011124b3896f898f6d03fea41"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>single-use</term>, with respect to a covered product, does not include a covered product that is—</text><clause id="id5c97683f58494f40a4cb7755aed2921c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a medical food item, supplement, device, or other product determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services necessarily to be made of plastic for the protection of public health;</text></clause><clause id="id420913ab95734309a6d362c3214aad3c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>personal protective equipment, including—</text><subclause id="id60e4a58f25e84519afe431298a98dbaa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>masks;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb763035ce39944be8e1437e7a8d59e55"><enum>(II)</enum><text>gloves;</text></subclause><subclause id="id238ab4e8d73e4607a62a515fc9ac4d5f"><enum>(III)</enum><text>face shields; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idc6c8dcadda564473b6d6209b732f8eea"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>other personal protective equipment, as determined by Secretary of Health and Human Services;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida6a97c4d61664a85b5f096d0fce5505a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a personal hygiene product that, due to the intended use of the product, could become unsafe or unsanitary to recycle, such as a diaper; or</text></clause><clause id="ide8f69d1723ea4b12869e5ea411cb0da5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>packaging used for—</text><subclause id="id0439cd5ead0048cc987b0debebf0823b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any product described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id2e156d9f49844371a6c7efd205a82a66"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the shipment of hazardous materials, and is prohibited from being composed of used materials under section 178.509 or 178.522 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subtitle).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id097bb76f3bfd4301b3e109c55171ff09"><enum>(29)</enum><header>Source reduction</header><subparagraph id="id1577e626eba345789fff851164dd29ad"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>source reduction</term> means a reduction in the quantity of covered products or beverage containers produced by a producer, as compared to a baseline established pursuant to section 12105(b), including due to—</text><clause id="id35ffd510974740fd9959e242dfeefe37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shifting to reusable or refillable packaging or food service product systems; or</text></clause><clause id="id997761167aa34fb49dee523d883ca78b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eliminating unnecessary packaging.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8864f0a4cc714f93a19086e280920089"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>source reduction</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id6b5a1452165a41b8ae8cd2f0f7f99a95"><enum>(i)</enum><text>replacing recyclable or compostable single-use plastic packaging or food service products with—</text><subclause id="idf3cd04d3328a4aa2baaa435bd5415c3b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a nonrecyclable or noncompostable single-use plastic packaging or food service products; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id4d83c86942784d92b18273f682e9ecf3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>single-use plastic packaging or food service products that are less likely to be recycled or composted; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idfc171271c40b4458844bee16eee81a3a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>switching from virgin single-use plastic packaging or food service products to plastic post-consumer recycled material.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4bd1438731784d7fa3ffa1608568b0e0"><enum>(30)</enum><header>Toxic substance</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8894363eede04bc28fe740c69e06c344"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>toxic substance</term> means any substance, mixture, or compound that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id008d45582cd841aeb339bb21047694ee"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may cause—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1140df68b2e45dabe4a1dcfbfa9b3c2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">personal injury or disease to humans through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29409899b5b2468d831aae8b7e98b408"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adverse impacts on the environment; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469d591aa1da47c3b3b240317201f89b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfies 1 or more of the conditions described in subparagraph (B).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id025045063a8944c5babf11fdea2785d0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The conditions referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) are the following:</text><clause id="id41d781bb4e9a4cd888294ed904dad52e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The substance, mixture, or compound is subject to reporting requirements under—</text><subclause id="id014bebbe5cd44dba870e6108d26442cb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11001">42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subclause><subclause id="id49c504f2f1224c08ae691cfb29d248ad"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></subclause><subclause id="ide22b48781a2b41bab3c1f399ad533481"><enum>(III)</enum><text>section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7412">42 U.S.C. 7412(r)</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idd0f4bbdb03664b8793b56a85f618c6bb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Toxicology Program, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of Health and Human Services, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, or the Environmental Protection Agency has established that the substance, mixture, or compound poses an acute or chronic health hazard, including developmental, reproductive, or endocrine effects.</text></clause><clause id="iddf23202ed01043a2b244103b6e29aa24"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or the Environmental Protection Agency has recognized that the substance, mixture, or compound may increase the risk of developing a latent disease.</text></clause><clause id="ide38b4fcba32d4bc18ad778cf88157d19"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The substance, mixture, or compound is—</text><subclause id="id3f04fca80e464033bc097b2a04b0f5fa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc317df6f22b74dbf807ed8a23c55a3f4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an orthophthalate;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida75ed44ed2644c17a010a554c9c7bdde"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a bisphenol compound (but not including an alkyl-substituted bisphenol compound generated through a xylenol-aldehyde process); </text></subclause><subclause id="id60c8906d760a4267a35fb83b59c9f9bb"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a halogenated or nanoscale flame-retardant chemical;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1cb73b6661db4915b034bed781f5ef0e"><enum>(V)</enum><text>UV 328 (2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-di-tert-pentylphenol);</text></subclause><subclause id="id432f64625241419398be207ae65b4186"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>a chlorinated paraffin;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9465e524efe4410584f8b0f56817a80f"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>listed as a persistent organic pollutant by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;</text></subclause><subclause id="idfb629247b5a448f48539d6256b3378a9"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>given an overall carcinogenicity evaluation of Group 1, Group 2A, or Group 2B by the International Agency for Research on Cancer; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idb52d748fc83743f38002c684963c9543"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>listed as a toxic, poisonous, explosive, corrosive, flammable, ecotoxic, or infectious waste by the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, done at Basel, Switzerland, March 22, 1989.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idf3ce6055e9104740a67e3a814beeca98"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The substance, mixture, or compound is a chemical or chemical class that, as determined by the Administrator, has been identified by a Federal agency, State agency, or international intergovernmental agency as being 1 or more of the following:</text><subclause id="id8d9abac472cb456d9e15698f5940e273"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A carcinogen, mutagen, reproductive toxicant, immunotoxicant, neurotoxicant, or endocrine disruptor.</text></subclause><subclause id="id52a6503fdb6546d0be6af5e46576145c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A persistent bioaccumulative.</text></subclause><subclause id="id844b6dd40c864144a75a0ea8321f62e0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A chemical or chemical class that may—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85aefb3a4b19401abd5fa33ded8b8c36"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental toxicity in humans or wildlife;</text></item><item id="ide251e5c8a85d4a2380df5a390dd7d76c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>harm organs or cause other systemic toxicity; or</text></item><item id="ideca95abd2cae4c0884966b573f4b5270"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>have an adverse impact on—</text><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7da3880a484d467b8d500bc9ce62722a"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">air quality;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id285f2efcb5074e619eb3ad1fd271143b"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ecology;</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e94717e23d34142a0f691b279af8529"><enum>(CC)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">soil quality; or</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41dbea28023543dd846aeab9d45b6db9"><enum>(DD)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">water quality.</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="idab00fb38e8494c3ba4b5c08651a1589c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A chemical or chemical class that has toxicity equivalent to the toxicity reflected in a criterion described in any of subclauses (I) through (III).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7528e07ca6a14e598e5be6619d0f7b99"><enum>(31)</enum><header>United States</header><text>The term <term>United States</term>, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.</text></paragraph></section><part id="idc2fca78891ab4e44ae5749bda54e6c88" style="OLC" commented="no"><enum>I</enum><header>Extended responsibility</header><section id="id24d5286c47d8402b8e0b0118e92b986c"><enum>12101.</enum><header>Extended responsibility</header><subsection id="id2b4d88d799434a87b921222d4694aa5b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Participation in Organization required</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84602af285854fd0a5d6cf510cb9361e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), effective beginning on February 1, 2025, each producer of a covered product or beverage container that is sold, distributed, or imported into the United States shall—</text><subparagraph id="id289521e5c81540a8a44ce3ebe7694fad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participate as a member of 1 or more Organizations, based on category of covered products or beverage containers, for which a Plan is approved by the Administrator; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd63d40e2183f46ae9cddeae99fd4a98c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pursuant to that participation, achieve the performance targets described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f2d6a8437ad4958bd3356d2841476cf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Performance targets</header><text>The performance targets referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are the following, with respect to the covered products and beverage containers subject to the responsibility of the applicable producer:</text><subparagraph id="idb3bc0b4753784d0b808f0279efe1c8bd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>All plastic covered products and beverage containers have been subject to source reduction in accordance with section 12105.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id500b3dd149d84a77af0337fda4290203"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Effective beginning on January 1, 2033, all covered products and beverage containers are reusable, recyclable, or compostable.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e7db28d1aad4fa1a1c08112615f6b62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>All covered products and beverage containers achieve compliance with section 12113.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0f5b09da4c241689bc4a3360f28c5cf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The following recycling rates (by category of covered product or beverage container) are achieved for each covered product and beverage container:</text><clause id="id70c2504b6e3d4d378b2c906e5a10eba9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Not less than 50 percent by January 1, 2030.</text></clause><clause id="id96735d11c1084d7f9cc2ac0e46d14b10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Not less than 65 percent by January 1, 2040.</text></clause><clause id="ida8cc3e5de13d44df831d3cf2ef505942"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Not less than 75 percent by January 1, 2050.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idff8686b98309408688b9702618cbe21a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>A producer of a covered product or beverage container, including a producer that operates as a single point of retail sale and is not supplied by, or operated as part of, a franchise, shall not be subject to this part if the producer—</text><paragraph id="idd62e2e164e3541fcad3e51b5937a682c"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ide27d1019a8714dd089bd9380092cac6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023, had an annual revenue of less than $1,000,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf080682d4f874b2e8b5a5bb3b798d4ef" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, has an annual revenue of less than the applicable amount under section 12108(c) during the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-month period ending on the preceding November 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida7ad705911254e93b66b3e0a361d4277"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is the producer of less than 1 ton of covered products or beverage containers in commerce each year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaaf9d16f6c8e425cb69b8c33d447735f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><paragraph id="id11b11c45a2e64a858ee45e5056a97eba"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any producer to sell, use, or distribute any covered product or beverage container in commerce except in compliance with this part.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec0552775ec9418c84dba78dc7a80a45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil penalty</header><text>A producer that violates paragraph (1) shall be subject to a fine—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d0d5fe00b2f4bbdb90a2740074e1841"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each violation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb348d76a013143d0b1a970ff8ba008e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each day that a violation occurs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbac29378c68d489e8906ac021a560161"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an aggregate amount of not more than $70,117.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id70ac75da91214eee838b74de30978cad"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Injunctive relief</header><text>The Administrator may bring a civil action to enjoin the sale, distribution, or importation into the United States of a covered product or beverage container in violation of this part.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id908aba3bb4fb42a5b26c19f8f721ecde"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State enforcement</header><text>The Administrator may permit a State to carry out enforcement under paragraph (2) or (3) if the Administrator determines that the State meets such requirements as the Administrator may establish, subject to the condition that any fine collected by a State pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be deposited in the Reduction and Litter Cleanup Trust Fund established by section 12112(b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0d36b54ec58647c999e12249a223f3c4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Categories</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with Organizations, shall promulgate regulations to establish, for purposes of this part—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id959495b61f5847de8a07f2979b242039"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such categories of covered products as the Administrator determines to be appropriate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1215b7c62e64c2d8126dc6e957b98ac"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a single category for beverage containers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6e1f389e967b4966af599cf99fb804e5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inapplicability of antitrust laws</header><text>The antitrust laws (as defined in the first section of the Clayton Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/12">15 U.S.C. 12</external-xref>)) shall not apply to a producer or Organization that carries out any activity in accordance with an approved Plan if the activity is necessary to develop and implement the Plan.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca17bae7d388453ea8c412373fafeafa"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator shall promulgate such regulations as the Administrator determines to be necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this part, including methods and processes for—</text><paragraph id="idc6227dd58bb04958bcfd2f610b7ad2a2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collecting information necessary to ensure an accurate baseline under section 12105(b); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ca46735d6e34963b621192ea23ab8c1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determining compliance with the requirements of this part. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id736f5d5d2b394251b244ce6588469663"><enum>12102.</enum><header>Producer Responsibility Organizations</header><subsection id="id08353617806a45d6992598578a8ef946"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Participation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5dcac8a8452f4fa69ec1531f6bf713e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>For each category of covered products or beverage containers sold, distributed, or imported into the United States by a producer, the producer shall establish a new, or join an existing, Producer Responsibility Organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd0096e0fce334f11a972fb4626f18677"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiple Organizations</header><text>A producer may participate in—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f1afbeb29f24cfeaea365f0dd0191a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">more than 1 Organization, if each Organization is established for a different category of covered products or beverage containers subject to the responsibility of the producer; but</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9daf8a1da928477e9b8388ec5f9081bc"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5820437afc3e4065a9bde5cf86ed7e2a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>only 1 national Organization with respect to each category of covered products;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc95aaa780bcb4ac09ceed64df6dcf4a1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only 1 national Organization with respect to beverage containers; and</text></clause><clause id="id5a7bfd411a084ff6979dfa735a270a1e" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>only 1 regional Organization with respect to beverage containers and each category of covered products for each region in which the beverage containers or covered products, respectively, are sold.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6e051fcaf904adcabcf67e9e8247df3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>New producers</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86e699da40654f3b9c1cbdccc68a6ef4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>A producer that commences operation in the United States, or that produces a covered product or beverage container that is new to the producer in the United States, after the date of approval of Organizations under subsection (b) shall establish a new, or join an existing, Organization for the applicable category of covered products or beverage containers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd885cc8308b9405e8dbda04db5bf77cd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>A new Organization established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be approved or disapproved by the Administrator in accordance with subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b49c0e05f924bbb827a5e369d6e48c5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval by Administrator</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideead1f1030284dc9b6cae5d10ac4d63c"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The establishment of an Organization pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida561f4e7f5b64d22b7ff7f99ee223b32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2025, the governing body of each Organization shall submit to the Administrator an application describing the means by which the Organization meets the criteria described in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id918461e1cfb64d6abd896562d127d774"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Administrator may approve the establishment of an Organization only if the Administrator determines that the Organization—</text><subparagraph id="id52718e3fd27f456385f454e0a93208c9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a governing board consisting of producers that represent the diversity of applicable covered products or beverage containers, as applicable, in the market; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49e7fb5c485d4ae8b7d8587361970274"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrates that the Organization has in effect adequate financial responsibility and financial controls, including fraud prevention measures and an audit schedule, to ensure proper management of funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f8692e513d6475f974327560d9182de" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional Organizations</header><text>After January 1, 2035, on a determination by the Administrator that additional Organizations would be beneficial in satisfying the requirements of this part, the Administrator may approve additional Organizations that meet the requirements of this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81173514a90646bda30a0b2182a2a28f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Revocation</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51999fdc979a412e865d2afd3883c8d4"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Administrator shall revoke approval of an Organization under this subsection if the Administrator determines that the Organization—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86dd5dae8a2a41ddaf79eb3e890a11c5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ceases to meet the requirements of this part, including the criteria described in paragraph (3); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10d03cd15e924ae3a3a6f12dca602ec9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fails to implement and administer an approved Plan in a manner that effectuates the purposes of this part.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id609cea207fb84a5ba456e81e14c344a2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Replacement</header><text>If the Administrator revokes approval of an Organization pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Administrator may approve 1 or more additional Organizations to carry out the responsibilities of the revoked Organization under this part for the applicable category of covered products or beverage containers, subject to the criteria described in paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b97ccae07de4b2999a446bfa33824e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Organization shall act as an agent, and on behalf, of each producer that is a member of the Organization to carry out the responsibilities of the producer under this part with respect to the applicable category of covered products or beverage containers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5daebd50090443ac891b640eee70d535"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>If more than 1 Organization is established under subsection (a) with respect to a category of covered products or beverage containers, the Administrator shall, as necessary, establish a process to require coordination among those Organizations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id450b91aeac94426ea31890f0972c85f5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nonprofit status</header><text>Each Organization shall be—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a3868a7285d4e04b4e22dd7487a9ed7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">established and operated as an organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4bf664aba9614e81aee49c8888a2e8d4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exempt from taxation under 501(a) of that Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id40e59a81d66144cea4bc13b8310b0dbe"><enum>12103.</enum><header>Product Stewardship Plans</header><subsection id="idccde0cc7631a43fda7d222eec8dcbea6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which an Organization is approved under section 12102(b), the Organization shall develop and submit to the Administrator a Product Stewardship Plan, together with a budget, that describes the means by which the Organization will carry out the responsibilities of the Organization under this part.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc28dbe5e277743458f3ba8c2daa62f0a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d55310e98da46fa880b27fdd69a86bf"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Each Plan shall include, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id5e114d31255c40d184a32e595eb7c2d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contact information for the Organization submitting the Plan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3527b0ecf6d54ac4bf64dc24539a3f75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list of participating producers represented by the Organization, including individual contact information for each such producer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1eb29bd5a98d4117b7a97b68dd16a004"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description, together with objective and measurable criteria, to the maximum extent practicable, of—</text><clause id="id1a496b6fc04f44da80aa3c9a63087642"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each category of covered products or beverage containers covered by the Plan and the quantity (by number and weight) of each covered product or beverage container in each category;</text></clause><clause id="id390ea55ed3fc4c3fae8b669a55e17685"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the means by which the Organization will—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad08ea94127e4dcbb9b9fad2a6b60db6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the criteria described in section 12102(b)(3);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5162054912b34ddfa1fd58a2b03f3e9e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in an economically efficient and practical manner, provide for the necessary infrastructure and viable responsible end markets based on the most-recent needs assessment under section 12107; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idb821f17bcc824bee8c03274b22c37e37"><enum>(III)</enum><text>use existing collection programs and reuse, recycling, composting, sorting, and processing infrastructure, to the maximum extent practicable;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id23d477e4cc3641d1bf28b1c451bcfb8f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a source reduction plan under section 12105(a);</text></clause><clause id="ide643b48f643c409ea3d55e4dfb015b36"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the means by which each applicable type of covered product or beverage container will be collected to meet the performance targets described in section 12101(a)(2);</text></clause><clause id="idecd2ced6e34446168d20afed2dfb1f9b"><enum>(v)</enum><text>consumer education plans in accordance with section 12111;</text></clause><clause id="id9a45921fb63e4eb79222d1e9889e6b6c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a customer service process, such as a process for answering customer questions and resolving issues;</text></clause><clause id="idffa408915d0f450a915876dd1489be8c"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>sound management practices for worker health and safety;</text></clause><clause id="id177c45e196364190bafb0d263d38602a"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the means by which participating producers will work with, improve, and fund existing reuse, recycling, composting, litter cleanup, sorting, and processing infrastructure;</text></clause><clause id="idb103014bc5b54a38b9a4285930be6165"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>measures to mitigate fraud; and</text></clause><clause id="idde06042175cd443299d4796546d52e3c"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the means by which participating producers will consult with the Federal Government, units of State and local government, and other stakeholders;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25ddec448df14f44a1037ab70fb08238"><enum>(D)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2), a budget designed to fully fund the costs to carry out this part, including all costs associated with the implementation of the Plan, including—</text><clause id="id8f634963e225470eb5fb663bb5bd32d9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reimbursing the Administrator for costs, as required;</text></clause><clause id="ida1a5e0d609be4808b9da5c63e30eb87e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reimbursing members of an advisory committee;</text></clause><clause id="id80a0acd4372d4affa132e724b16550e3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>administering the Organization;</text></clause><clause id="id4323a8e65ff54db5aff9c2602845534b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>investments—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6ec336b916e4a14a51cc19e5a15083f"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identified in the source reduction plan or needs assessment;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id863907d3cd5143b594bdadc49063d540"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop sustainable responsible end markets for each covered product or beverage container category included in the Plan; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id8f1d5bedc1bb4ee8b18f3bcfbc42499a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>otherwise necessary to meet the criteria described in section 12102(b)(3); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id535e5191f9424653bb5c3b613bdf38ea"><enum>(v)</enum><text>environmental mitigation activities;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90e94822d74541caa3109af37597d400"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a structure and schedule for fees paid by participating producers in accordance with section 12104, including the method of calculation of the fee and a description of the process by which the Organization shall collect the fee from those producers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3648578d00ea474692ce96020f7e084e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a closure or transfer plan to settle the affairs of the Organization that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15b71d0652a8419c82ba6be68d334ce8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures that participating producers will continue to meet the obligations of the producers in the event of—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68e7a15714924bc0ae50a2ceea750355"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dissolution of the Organization; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29074517af1c4835b0e99b4bccda23b1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revocation of approval by the Administrator; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0596c8802354200bae41c6531b645a4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes a process for notifying the Administrator, relevant advisory committees, and relevant contractors of such a dissolution or revocation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3440786a9fb41b5855b07b0bed185f8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations on budget</header><text>An Organization may not expend any revenues collected by the Organization—</text><subparagraph id="id53dbaca1a72140eebcf4c7ed27b28206"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to pay a civil penalty;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida66fba2bfef14356afda409642c35e6b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to pay costs associated with litigation between or among producers, the Organization, or units of government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id07de1a587baf4b4bb6911879da94e452"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5a6d905daceb424a83e35eedcc9be62a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to provide compensation to a representative of the Organization relating to the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of proposed Federal, State, or local legislation; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5aa19bcd737a46c8b4885ace5033d986" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any paid advertisement during a 30-day period occurring before or during a Federal, State, or local legislative session for the purposes of encouraging the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of proposed legislation; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7175d400daa04273bef1cc41d5facce1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to support or invest in an excluded recycling technology described in subparagraph (B) of section 12001(20).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb579757abaeb4722841d0073ed595de6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of a Plan under subsection (a), the Administrator shall—</text><paragraph id="idda5cd108b7094cd3823447beba664845"><enum>(1)</enum><text>approve or disapprove the Plan; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4720d35bb714476baaabc740a7a43196"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notify the applicable Organization of the determination of the Administrator under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideafb344dbd744ecc946bd7b69db94549"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>An Organization shall commence implementing the Plan of the Organization on the later of—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc28ea81a8f214e9a9fcec8c3e1cc6aff"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date that is 60 days after receiving a notification of approval of the Plan under subsection (c)(2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf24f9175d6a4b15bf7f52fdbc1e1cec"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">August 1, 2025.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id210770b9d6ea4c1fa9b3fb3f6f2cbac4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>A Plan—</text><paragraph id="idff91beb1e9c44ed887aa90543d8044b7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall expire on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the Plan is approved under subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1dfb32df41c64250915c2e74d564db85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be renewed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id39c9b501625a4a02a145c00ad7161cec"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>The Administrator may require a revision to a Plan before the expiration of the Plan under subsection (e)(1) if the Administrator determines that—</text><paragraph id="idedc1169f7bd249b096283933552b7580"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the performance targets described in section 12101(a)(2) are not being met; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id771a1f497bff4e688a2d3a7a910338df"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a change in circumstances has occurred that warrants the revision.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id323ed8f0c2564b07b1ab8fd80b35ac00"><enum>12104.</enum><header>Membership fees</header><subsection id="idc3e400bc94c54c4094972a385813aabf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc6f0e9039d24c0799831fd76beef221"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Each Organization shall establish a fee for producers participating in the Organization (referred to in this section as <term>members</term>) to ensure that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd19f39822bd44e789c1f4cd1eb2103e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements of this part are met; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cb63c7a6a6241c9b90a78eda7696122"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Plan of the Organization is completely implemented.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba18f654c4054598989116a6d719146f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A fee under this subsection shall be assessed in accordance with a schedule developed by the applicable Organization under subsection (c) to ensure that the budget of the Organization, as included in the Plan of the Organization, is fully funded.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4539f6e449e84ac8a1ad219c0673ba67"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A fee under this subsection shall not be passed on to any consumer as a separate item on a receipt or invoice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idca1d82169b5f449d86f2a153b777db16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment</header><text>Each member of an Organization shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide72663f873d140779fc17ee8dd9b9f56"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pay to the Organization the fee required under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac9fd6f57fdb41d5b14a5ebaf433f62f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on request, provide to the Organization records and other information necessary for the Organization to meet the requirements under this part.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0a50346a19de44c8becedcce6a09cc98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fee schedule</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84604a01e1174b87abc21c6a58e45e29"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>A fee under this section shall be assessed in accordance with a fee schedule, which shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id409e198f6e154e8d88e10416f38c22bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Individual assessments imposed on a member due to unique characteristics of the covered products or beverage containers subject to the responsibility of the member, as described in paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide20bfa11ce3d4d3bb24e7dba70ca13ee"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any adjustments pursuant to subsection (d)(2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73c925738cde4840805b90b0c2c7c797"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Reimbursement to the Administrator for costs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4db3a06b1424147ba421d866edf7993"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Reimbursement to a relevant advisory committee.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id206fc15ebaab4c9f88f3871060f297b4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Fees associated with environmental mitigation activities under section 12112.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1fdebc6177d4857828bc0545c2e0ed4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The costs of administering the Organization, including the costs associated with staff and the development and implementation of the Plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd102bf8623164b568a5589c651ffb5d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>A fee schedule under paragraph (1) shall be delineated by category of covered product or beverage container, based on the following factors:</text><subparagraph id="idf7f4f5f462e74e869b0b9dc7507b6c45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The costs to ensure each category meets the requirements of this part, subject to the condition that a covered product or beverage container that is easier and less expensive to reuse, recycle, or compost, or that is designed to be recycled into a similar covered product, beverage container, or material that is easier to be composted, shall be subject to lower fees, including fees that reflect—</text><clause id="id407dc448aa5841eb8c791a2af28b12c8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>costs to develop and sustain viable responsible end markets for each category;</text></clause><clause id="ide40ffd9086df4b4b81fa92f185e06a2d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>costs—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1eae3083e9064523a7f7282bd5b4679e"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to collect, sort, avoid, or remove contamination; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e03ab193dcf45539253b153de902bd2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to aggregate and transport the covered product or beverage container into defined streams to support viable responsible end markets for remanufacturing of the covered product or beverage container through—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id843711c3580b4aeca9f33c714820a8e3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">curbside collection; or</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44c3ee6dfb204e5193ed934ce78aee70"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other means;</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id28f084adb2f4441f85ae4f1a17e44f1e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>costs incurred by local governments or recycling service providers—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10c34ca50f5549ad9af5e11fee0b7fa9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to process and transport covered products or beverage containers in a manner and quality sufficient for acceptance by viable responsible end markets, including costs to reduce or mitigate the rate of inbound contamination by noncertified, compostable products at composting facilities, which may vary by locality;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0826fd6023949b68817dd26a725b0d3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to carry out waste stream sampling and reporting activities required under this part; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fdfa579c6c649ee895901b49ea36a03"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide to ratepayers information relating to improving the preparation and sorting, as needed, of covered products or beverage containers; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id775cf94dbd8e492bb389c1cddde2af8b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other costs necessary to implement the Plan and achieve compliance with this part, including ensuring that implementation avoids or minimizes negative environmental or public health impacts on disadvantaged or low-income communities and rural areas.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide93c16d88f7d42769ce4f0d1fd2b413e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If recycling or composting of a covered product or beverage container is made more difficult by the incorporation of 1 or more specific elements, including inks, labels, and adhesives, that may be detrimental to recycling or composting (as determined in accordance with the design guide of the Association of Plastic Recyclers or another relevant industry association or criteria established by the Administrator), the fee for that covered product or beverage container shall be sufficient to account for the increased cost to manage that covered product or beverage container.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8b7e8d0bfa742d0a29a8b4ea19551a4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The commodity value of the covered product or beverage container based on an independent index or the reported commodity value of materials of equivalent quality to the covered product or beverage container.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35afb268f8464326a89cfb04d9c4be18"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Costs incurred by the Organization to assist members to meet the source reduction requirements under section 12105.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id58e61a6c9e7347a98c1b20891a7f7d7e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><paragraph id="idd690683c773141fabe8c969bd49ee5d5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fee</header><text>The amount of a fee under subsection (a) shall be adjusted using malus fees or credits for members, based on any of the following, as applicable:</text><subparagraph id="id2c4e716b02714a9c93c062e0a0f9ef18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The percentage of post-consumer recycled material in the covered products or beverage containers subject to the responsibility of the member, in a manner that ensures that the percentage of post-consumer recycled material shall be validated through an independent third party approved by the Administrator in order to ensure that the percentage exceeds the minimum requirements for the covered product or beverage container, subject to the condition that the recycled content shall not disrupt the potential for future recycling.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78ca84d96eb84ecbb39fc3e88a36f886"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Standardization of packaging materials that simplifies the processing, marketing, sorting, and recycling or composting of covered products or beverage containers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78f070da019c4dd9915d8b764c8aba04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any actions carried out by the member to accelerate source reduction and invest in sustained and robust reuse and refill systems beyond the actions required under section 12105.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id796c28deca824cd9927d6ea6620087b4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Certified compostable covered products or beverage containers that do not contain toxic substances shall be subject to a reduced fee, as determined by the Organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9846e62b2d7b4df0bd44feb3631dbd0a"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Schedule</header><text>An Organization shall adjust the fee schedule under subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b20f032679f4eeebef4358f31726552"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less frequently than once each year; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde1f1fd4d68b4c78a295ce2f87ecd5a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">more frequently as necessary to meet the budget of the Organization, as described in the Plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbf6ef699791041bfbb03b802ed7fa16d"><enum>12105.</enum><header>Single-use plastic source reduction requirements</header><subsection id="idfce1522c48894abea28d4ff1a50550f8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Source reduction targets</header><text>Each Organization shall develop and implement a source reduction plan to achieve the following targets for single-use plastic covered products and beverage containers:</text><paragraph id="idf28585c807de474e8e57780fdde4efdd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than January 1, 2032, a source reduction, as compared to the baseline of the Organization determined under subsection (b), of not less than—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebdc93cdce5f456390cfb500afb21b27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent, by weight; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a6e6a1d41024abfb759af37e0706742"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent, by plastic component.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id20D13CBE4B934AA6AF72B9891AF38062"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than January 1, 2040, a source reduction, as compared to the baseline of the Organization determined under subsection (b), of not less than—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66D297DC5792481A900F40CFDD5EE29B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">40 percent, by weight; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F007424C677423FB31ECAA59516A5A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">40 percent, by plastic component.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8737DF0C836346E9996E599E3C8F7D88"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than January 1, 2050, a source reduction, as compared to the baseline of the Organization determined under subsection (b), of not less than—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49A0174444724194A966B333547C7054"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent, by weight; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id636DDA43A29846FAA335ADEB49644F5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent, by plastic component.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd5b970139bf741d0bad5922b28657d9e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Baselines</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2026, the Administrator shall establish a baseline for purposes of the source reduction requirements under subsection (a), taking into consideration the quantity of single-use plastic covered products and beverage containers (by weight and number of plastic components) sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the United States during calendar year 2024.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida08e46d25b4f4f21beeb30a28e2559d2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data</header><text>Together with any Plan, update or revision to a Plan, or annual report, each Organization shall submit to the Administrator the following data, disaggregated by participating producer, with respect to the period covered by the Plan, update, revision, or report:</text><paragraph id="idaeec4557176745838358eb6669e54166"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The quantity of plastic covered products and beverage containers sold, offered for sale, or distributed in the United States, including the number of plastic components and weight of the plastic covered products and beverage containers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0958cdc6b001469f85b77cd1ca440ec2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of plastic components and weight of plastic covered products and beverage containers shifted to refillable or reusable packaging or food service products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf36191c59ecf4f7f92a98124748bbe69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of plastic components and weight of plastic covered products and beverage containers eliminated.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0829904f91644aa79576f76a49d0eda6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of plastic components and weight of plastic covered products and beverage containers shifted from plastic covered products or beverage containers to nonplastic covered products or beverage containers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id058e656f3e254e66b5c74164af619385"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of plastic components and weight of plastic covered products and beverage containers reduced through concentration, right-sizing, and shifting to bulk or large-format packaging that allows consumers to refill residential or commercial reusable containers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id116d9b6f502f4316becac822836d414c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fda4c872b1c4a1eb483c38ed750535d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2048, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall conduct an evaluation of plastic covered products and beverage containers subject to this section to determine whether actions to achieve greater source reductions are necessary.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd810b196ac7547b4895a45a0a8beae87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the number of plastic components or weight of plastic covered products or beverage containers has increased during the period covered by an evaluation under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to require the applicable Organizations to increase rates of source reduction by—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5904811777514b418c96a9b7e6a40782"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shifting plastic covered products or beverage containers to reusable or refillable packaging or food service products; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fd1733d95294208a1188cff3227fa41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eliminating plastic components.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9326385d30b64bf486383c5cb63dcd0f"><enum>12106.</enum><header>Advisory committees</header><subsection id="idd3ebaf95c61c4de58b0314fba2e0dcd3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator shall establish 1 or more advisory committees that reflect a range of interested and engaged stakeholders representing the entire supply chain of covered products and beverage containers, including—</text><paragraph id="id6d6a0d0f9bb043249dafea9419875dc2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collection service providers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc24f25c6e6994ca2be10de9b38ea199d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cleanup service providers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1fc8ff3b563e434fa1b4bb23da45e311"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recyclers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3dd400843d9e49f08ccbb8bfd62cfc35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>composters; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e98b690f03543728f026f48ffa43dc9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>government entities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc708d3c4a188420e9c44efc8ded4eb88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Composition</header><paragraph id="id83ab59a17ef84cc7a75da2ffcfd9352b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At a minimum, an advisory committee shall include representatives of—</text><subparagraph id="id1bb309632d5543c59c42a1805588e651"><enum>(A)</enum><text>producers, including trade associations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id377e90d7dafe4d5c8bb50323a62714eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50d4b89511474cadb27aca65d052078b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>metropolitan areas, including—</text><clause id="id9ba0d089e56245f68b165d5a173434ad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>small and large metropolitan areas; and</text></clause><clause id="id543901ccce6d40e6924d5164ac62f025"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>metropolitan areas located in urban and rural areas;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide5ec48394ee5446faefe61dcb47a8a90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>counties (or equivalent jurisdictions), including—</text><clause id="idc7f856df071d4f57920bf0df5b910f5f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>small and large counties; and</text></clause><clause id="idd3df22182e3c4d3d868e6adfb55a120a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>urban and rural counties;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d80f6b7c93a430c82015fad61bec13c"><enum>(E)</enum><text>public sector recycling, composting, and solid waste industries for the applicable type of covered product or beverage container;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d8d7c5740854a32b8554d53ffcf5234"><enum>(F)</enum><text>private sector recycling, composting, and solid waste industries for the applicable type of covered product or beverage container;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id383a5d4616b64c5b992acb0fd7fceabe"><enum>(G)</enum><text>recycled feedstock users for the applicable type of covered product or beverage container;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49d19420d93d4e0d8c55bbfbd1e2479c"><enum>(H)</enum><text>environmental organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5e96c6ff1ab4074825241b1704f177c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>environmental justice organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4cecd8eb75094ad0a1410fd83cc320d8"><enum>(J)</enum><text>disability advocates;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf09f955f19a14b54a6681ef1bece4886"><enum>(K)</enum><text>reuse and refill system experts or operators;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2369a7c5e404472e9562779fe15e4f47"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Indian Tribes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id859516e5503e4dc38dff8e73ad435f0d"><enum>(M)</enum><text>environmental and human health scientists.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b9a844d07f646328cc825a0265e6407"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><subparagraph id="idbf24ceca262647e79ac11f73a0cb2292"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each individual serving on an advisory committee may represent only 1 category described in subparagraphs (A) through (M) of paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id429c6f348709437b8e4550571886537f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disproportionate representation</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that no category described in subparagraphs (A) through (M) of paragraph (1) has disproportionate representation on an advisory committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2073c8e8a7044b34b729ee09f9f246d7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Date of appointment</header><text>The Administrator shall appoint all members to each advisory committee established under this section not later than July 1, 2025.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id848d79c5f41c48478f5e245e45fe7b26"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f68c1baf6034e7ead49637855d0c33c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall appoint the members of an advisory committee for staggered 3-year terms; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb42427e8d3c46e5bbf323905c99a0d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may reappoint such a member for 1 or more additional terms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f3ea2b90bef457cb75c9b7d00419171"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the initial meeting of an advisory committee, the advisory committee shall elect a chairperson, who—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23a548c6ae2f43f7965899f3e6bca40f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall serve as chairperson for 1 year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id746aa6d6456b4389a4739cfd943df961"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be reelected as chairperson.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id24de27727e054894b886741b5cabfd6a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>An advisory committee shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6ddbeab0fc042829fd74ccf2cb21a4f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>oversee 1 or more Organizations assigned to the advisory committee by the Administrator;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id61750ff439044de68c4831b6edb2a997"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review the Plan, and any revisions to the Plan, of each such Organization;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf419ef640625455dbcad6857a782ca9d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit to the applicable Organization a report describing the results of the review under paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb1877a34c2204b86bb5aa69bab6391d0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>submit to the applicable Organization and the Administrator any reports, recommendations, or objections of the advisory committee relating to a Plan, fee structure, or other activities of an Organization.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5ead74f969a142f28823a726d5cd4cfb"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expenses</header><paragraph id="id38f50d32dae540d9aea4db7bf878f814"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Organization overseen by an advisory committee shall reimburse members of the advisory committee who are representatives of community groups, Indian Tribes, State and local governments, or nonprofit organizations for expenses relating to participation on the advisory committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f3b1050d0024cfda4901b14c580c9c9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other members</header><text>A member of an advisory committee not described in paragraph (1) may be compensated by the applicable Organization for travel expenses as necessary to ensure the ability of the member to participate on the advisory committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id23ce8ef5e73840fbb035673d298b15f2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Translation services</header><text>The Organizations overseen by an advisory committee shall be financially responsible for providing to the advisory committee professional language interpretation for oral communications, and translation for written documents and notices, in any language spoken by more than 5 percent of the population residing within a community served by the advisory committee.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idad51d56f22fd4c3b93d6aabc5a7e95e3"><enum>12107.</enum><header>Reduction, reuse, and recycling needs assessment</header><subsection id="id2091013a35b64b42a6c31c14bd41f055"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall select, and enter into a contract with, a qualified consultant (as determined by the Administrator) under which the qualified consultant shall conduct a packaging reduction, reuse, and recycling needs assessment (referred to in this section as an <term>assessment</term>), in accordance with this section—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4ba7248c65545939d24b1aa4c5721d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify barriers to, and opportunities for, reducing, reusing, and recycling covered products and beverage containers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide1af800308624c6c8244b6b5c164674c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to inform Plans and budgets of Organizations to support the Organizations in achieving compliance with this part. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id03bcf04025084258b58b0c4929f72866"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proposals</header><paragraph id="idc389471ea28f4178b30907c6319c1fda"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to applicable Federal competitive bidding requirements, the Administrator shall solicit from qualified consultants proposals to enter into a contract with the Administrator to conduct each assessment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1671ff5c040b4cedbec2f64eaa5f4cdf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A proposal to enter into a contract under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the period covered by the proposed contract, a description of the means by which the applicable qualified consultant will conduct the assessment with respect to each element described in subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id85f1dff7ad7b47fda7bf317eb884930a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to select</header><text>If the Administrator fails to select a qualified consultant to conduct an assessment, including due to a determination that no qualified consultant has submitted a proposal that meets the requirements of this subsection, by the applicable date described in subsection (a), the Administrator shall designate an appropriate Federal department or agency to conduct the assessment.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id83bb6c2fa2fc4a5183d42ccf4a90db49"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph id="id72f4d81b35fb40cfae347ba2d7858964"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each assessment shall evaluate, with respect to the period covered by the assessment—</text><subparagraph id="id01249274108b40a09e0bcf87be41df75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the current recycling, composting, and reuse rate for each type of covered product and beverage container;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd534940aa5ff4f9d82a804093cc96575"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the processing capacity, market conditions, and opportunities for recyclable covered products and beverage containers nationally, regionally, and locally;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8927444bc74e4ff4bad924efbc9e34c0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>funding needs and actions necessary to achieve the requirements of this part, including payments to recyclers, market incentive payments, and other payments;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78b88ffed3bf4230b9d5daf50cf8584c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>barriers affecting covered product and beverage container recycling access and availability, and necessary actions and investments to overcome those barriers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa8966b01fb54d2fb743289af6433824"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the availability, or lack of availability, of markets for recycled covered products and beverage containers, the need to incentivize recycled or composted materials market development, and the associated investments and actions required to ensure that covered products and beverage containers—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ba4675267e342ce9e1665ceab6219d4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are recycled or composted; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61ed1433789640f3937743acf1a817cf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have viable and sufficient responsible end markets;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9904bbcaec4049d1b584c4ac492aebbf"><enum>(F)</enum><text>opportunities for, and barriers to, the creation of reuse and refill systems for covered products and beverage containers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda7a515401cf4e349e0393503c055530"><enum>(G)</enum><text>opportunities for the improvement of recycling of covered products and beverage containers, including the development of responsible end markets for recycled covered products and beverage containers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide96ed2f3b4eb4350bff62dade8e052a0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>consumer education needs with respect to source reduction, recycling, and reducing contamination in recycling and reuse and refill systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb5e7ae173c3d48b380bdd3f5f54303d5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the needs associated with shifting packaging or food service products from a covered product category that is unlikely to develop sustained viable responsible end markets to a covered product category that has a viable responsible end market or is likely to develop a sustained viable responsible end market;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76cd7afe4b1f47f993f68b05181a5518"><enum>(J)</enum><text>funding required to implement the source reduction requirements under section 12105, including investments needed—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf0d12cab13f4c149b0d7a2b10fb31bc"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop reuse and refill system infrastructure; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0222c911cfb14cb094a0f73ea839d32d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide to consumers convenient access to that infrastructure to expand and market the use of reusable and refillable covered products and beverage containers; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id883a6bb5f7d8402ca801f804a8b4e969"><enum>(K)</enum><text>infrastructure and activities required—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b42ba54e7cf423a8e610cbc5c163510"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement a source reduction plan under section 12105(a), including investments in reuse, refill, and composting infrastructure;</text></clause><clause id="id3fb1a77f42434ce3880f69ffc556c69d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to achieve recycling and composting rates for all covered products and beverage containers covered by the source reduction plan; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27ec9bb1adcd44a0983155f9712b071c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure covered products and beverage containers are recyclable or compostable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5c6166e0ecf24de783ab64cb6aaabd8b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>An assessment shall be submitted to the Administrator—</text><subparagraph id="id6b03a00e437e4ce7b74a39b5404a2f0e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the initial assessment, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1522054f4ae346408bbd398650c101ff"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each subsequent assessment, not later than 5 years after the date on which the previous assessment was submitted to the Administrator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd93534da1db4449498bd33cd29cf85d4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost</header><text>The cost of an assessment shall be paid by the Organizations responsible for the covered products or beverage containers investigated as part of the assessment, in such amounts and in accordance with such procedures as the Administrator may establish, by regulation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id80d756a5dd054bc9a3be7507b1dd1875"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of an assessment, the Administrator shall submit to Congress and each affected Organization, and publish on the website of the Administrator, a report that contains—</text><paragraph id="idfc43cefa8ecb4e7fbcc52b499c4c3fbf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of the assessment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5dd61fc42ca4cd6bc08159d4be0cc2a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a copy of the assessment, including all data on which the assessment is based.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3e30f73d674a44e79319aa1f95c479d4"><enum>12108.</enum><header>National beverage container program</header><subsection id="idb95fbacbacba4c279ac1f19f6cf2c434"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities of producers</header><paragraph id="id2e25d9810eba49d79999f397bb467112"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each producer of beverage containers shall—</text><subparagraph id="id5d4c31fc106841e49408740c7ce10255"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on delivery, charge to the retailer to which the beverage container is delivered a deposit in the amount of the applicable refund value described in subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcdaa1e5be62f48d5bcb76017530ad429"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on redemption of an empty beverage container by a retailer, pay to the retailer a refund in the amount of the applicable refund value described in subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id081cc4c115ba4f8aa5c32c9a786bfcf1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of deposits from unredeemed beverage containers</header><text>A producer shall use any amounts received as deposits under paragraph (1)(A) for which an empty beverage container is not redeemed for investment in collection, recycling, and reuse infrastructure.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id99f09720bbf64ea48292af7d4567fc2a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities of retailers</header><paragraph id="idaaf903db0cc547218115dd31d138511e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each retailer of beverage containers shall—</text><subparagraph id="id5273cd3741e14efc9e28a1b04c62420a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of sale, charge to the customer to which the beverage container is sold a deposit in the amount of the applicable refund value described in subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc11bd87b9ee84303b185cbf6699463c7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on redemption of an empty beverage container by a customer, pay to the customer a refund in the amount of the applicable refund value described in subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd2a40bcd74d64fcea773db6cb5349ab6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>accept a beverage container and pay a refund under subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="idb49355490caf4075a3e850b2e2332108"><enum>(i)</enum><text>during any period that the retailer is open for business; and</text></clause><clause id="id4384e37874aa4bfb9062357d67cadd38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>regardless of whether the specific beverage container was sold by the retailer; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id647a2870beec4892af0400bddca5e9a4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of a retailer the premises of which is not less than 5,000 square feet, accept any brand and size of beverage container and pay a refund under subparagraph (B) for the beverage container, regardless of whether the retailer sells that brand or size of beverage container.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff690e79ada7434db6fa7af396c0e91f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><subparagraph id="ide5aa89d2e75144a89daf4259d022ce86"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Dirty or damaged</header><text>A retailer described in paragraph (1) may refuse to accept a beverage container and pay a refund under paragraph (1)(B) if the beverage container—</text><clause id="id09176259da0b4a9cb8a1667292ea04d4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>visibly contains, or is contaminated by, a substance other than—</text><subclause id="id98000c3da2ce47d7b86e719f9ef2b125"><enum>(I)</enum><text>water;</text></subclause><subclause id="idef3e7bb78bfc4baeb265284200e5d0d4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>residue of the original contents; or</text></subclause><subclause id="ide8d973260a8f4e2a85dd97d469273bb4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ordinary dust; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id84b1fa9bf8604321b42cf8a1165fe573"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is so damaged that the brand or refund label appearing on the beverage container cannot be identified.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1fefd8e1f91644f2a2faf3fd9f1def77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quantity limitation</header><clause id="idc43122a4a2de422aab625fb06688894d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Large retailers</header><text>A retailer described in paragraph (1)(D) may refuse to accept and pay a refund under paragraph (1)(B) for more than 250 beverage containers per customer per day.</text></clause><clause id="id00147d3bc76d4bbcb01d25ca4523d234"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Small retailers</header><text>A retailer the premises of which is less than 5,000 square feet may refuse to accept and pay a refund under paragraph (1)(B) for more than 50 beverage containers per customer per day.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97b2eb3b1b5948778cb508413c555032"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Brand and size</header><text>A retailer described in subparagraph (B)(ii) may refuse to accept and pay a refund under paragraph (1)(B) for a brand or size of beverage container that the retailer does not sell.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d68bbdf06a84813b6a3af487cef3a9d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restaurants</header><text>A retailer described in paragraph (1) that is a restaurant may refuse to accept and pay a refund under paragraph (1)(B) for a beverage container that the retailer did not sell.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida16529a8903340aeb19778359f222236"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Other means of return</header><text>The Administrator may permit the establishment of convenience zones under which each retailer within a convenience zone shall be exempt from the requirements of this subsection if the Administrator determines that the retailer—</text><clause id="id0a3445a99f0740469a722039f8a84ae3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located within close proximity to a redemption center; and</text></clause><clause id="id4f50c01b0f1e4378a9c881d7f883e07f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shares the cost of the operation of that redemption center with the applicable producer.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id14ae65731c1c4b67b459587c3efd0cb1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable refund value</header><paragraph id="id69be1815de154179be18461042523c9c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The refund value referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall be established by the Administrator, subject to the condition that the value shall be not less than $0.10.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4d51dbc10bf3430d9575d8e4f12681e7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator may—</text><subparagraph id="id96464accc511445bbae788ec44a10b71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase the refund value under paragraph (1) to account for—</text><clause id="id911660edfccf4c2fad405b4b58b4b3d3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inflation; and</text></clause><clause id="id65e6d1d3c8dc487ea47f2c0a3b9ff45e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other factors, such as a failure to meet performance targets described in section 12105(a); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ee7e52e9ca2470a8f31ecfeca06406c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>decrease the refund value under paragraph (1) to account for beverage containers that—</text><clause id="id872c33cbdbcc4d6f856c1a9b0e03ede0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are specifically designed to be reusable or refillable; and</text></clause><clause id="idb25680a8d8534dc59d8ab2648b21d262"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have a high reuse and refill rate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id80493cf006a94b0ba9597c1a4dee2f93"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Discretionary increases</header><text>A producer of a beverage container, or a State, may require a refund value that is more than the applicable refund value established under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcbd6dab3bc2b4982a8a584c37f81e99d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Labeling</header><text>Each producer of beverage containers sold in the United States shall ensure that the label of each such beverage container includes a standardized, clearly visible description of the applicable refund value under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6bd20974e72d4ef991b7490cd0f6e3b4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Responsibilities of Organizations</header><paragraph id="id7041c3b3c57345f0a3efa3f781a0e676"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collection and storage</header><text>An Organization of producers of beverage containers shall facilitate the collection and storage of beverage containers that are returned to retailers under this section by providing storage or other means to collect the beverage containers until collection for recycling, such as reverse vending machines or other options that are convenient for consumers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id17a02e9066d9411482ca503d4e20c4cb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redemption centers</header><subparagraph id="idbcfc6ca6084848f8b8464eea44dd4ae0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An Organization of producers of beverage containers shall establish and operate redemption centers to accept beverage containers from consumers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida6162a87138e41e9b194c73036608f07"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A redemption center shall—</text><clause id="idfd4ea33ee39043768a809a75b0425050"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be staffed and available to the public—</text><subclause id="iddd0224d4949a496a8ee178aa92b41a13"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each day, other than a Federal or local holiday; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6c4e8277f1304c50be2dbd1219787ec7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for not fewer than 10 hours each day;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9fe2602125a246768d351090694aee69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accept—</text><subclause id="id07b333098d1d4487954cad6a09361e7a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any beverage container; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ida350dffb87f34a51be9e2cf3fe08fc46"><enum>(II)</enum><text>up to 350 beverage containers per person per day; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7481f3c177de4349ad00dbb807a7dfac"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide—</text><subclause id="idfbba10c7bcac400c9cd4b1f1cc277012"><enum>(I)</enum><text>hand or automated counts conducted by staff of the redemption center;</text></subclause><subclause id="ida790845e34134646880970122768e481"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a drop door for consumers to deposit containers of mixed beverage containers for staff of the redemption center to count, for which the redemption center may collect a convenience fee; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id92b293aba29e4db9b9aee21a2f0163cb"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other convenient means of receiving and counting beverage containers, as determined by the Administrator.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id97f8f3c747d3496f9c9bbcdd342a0fd1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Curbside collection</header><text>An Organization may pay to an entity that collects curbside recycling an amount equal to the applicable refund value under subsection (c) for beverage containers collected by the entity based on weight or another measurement that approximates the amount of the refunds, as negotiated by the Organization and the entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id328a6baaaedf4be39ed53f23d66006d4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Excluded States</header><paragraph id="idc3bd7b5e9d614f419307bb860934bbb9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of eligible State</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible State</term> means a State that—</text><subparagraph id="idc20a7bb5b0c4458785798235722e8ccf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has in effect, before the date of enactment of this subtitle, a beverage container law the requirements of which are substantially similar to the requirements relating to beverage containers under this part, as determined by the Administrator; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id191df9435d3443d995d22e89fd7a7172"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enacts legislation after the date of enactment of this subtitle to update the law described in subparagraph (A) to be consistent with the refund values under, and beverage containers covered by, this part.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b777d81c7cf402cb0fbeb5381d2d588"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance with State law</header><text>In the case of an eligible State, compliance with the law of the eligible State by a producer, retailer, or Organization shall be considered to be compliance with this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idccafafec42d4422aa05c1983035dc10f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conformity</header><text>Each eligible State is encouraged to negotiate with relevant Organizations with respect to updated features of the beverage container-related laws of the eligible State, such as sharing new revenue from increased deposits.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idca4762af75644edb888c0055efd2650b"><enum>12109.</enum><header>Elimination of toxic substances in beverage containers and post-consumer recycled material</header><subsection id="id5435244f37e74a7eb54b8fdb922a1685"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, no retailer may sell, offer for sale, or distribute any single-use beverage container that—</text><paragraph id="id95a4caf608bc4c7d903771d923546da2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is composed wholly or partially of polyethylene terephthalate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9b34ecb7b324aeea264f0cf2ec9ac9a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is opaque or pigmented a color other than transparent blue or transparent green;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e07b0c71569432aa1b000ff21f914ea"><enum>(3)</enum><text>contains polyethylene glycol; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45d8fbd8cbb64c21850c6674cd8e0571"><enum>(4)</enum><text>contains a toxic substance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3f3fe8c187d449ed9d87cb5ed94a48be"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for containing recycled content</header><text>The Administrator shall require each producer of plastic beverage containers to ensure that the plastic beverage containers are composed of—</text><paragraph id="id856708f159c64315b850b9ef46079d60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by January 1, 2025, not less than 15 percent post-consumer recycled material from United States sources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id710e0f19a5424195a700c63cf313e2ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by January 1, 2030, not less than 30 percent post-consumer recycled material from United States sources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id682f0d741dbd4489a3ae9f4203095de5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by January 1, 2035, not less than 45 percent post-consumer recycled material from United States sources;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b2fa87258ac4c919fb1fbf669abc983"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by January 1, 2040, not less than 60 percent post-consumer recycled material from United States sources; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc792ccd934c4f56b8377f76fb50793e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by such dates thereafter as the Administrator shall establish, such percentage of post-consumer recycled material from United States sources as the Administrator determines to be appropriate, by regulation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id031a8bfbc84048b2938914d55deeaf87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalty</header><paragraph id="idccaab6c4d7a04b958df172fb4c65c551"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A retailer or producer that violates a prohibition under subsection (a) or (b), respectively, shall be subject to a fine for each violation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id22d618ca70a148319ddfe73fa9b02b68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of product lines</header><text>For purposes of this section, each product line of beverage containers shall be considered to be a separate violation of this section if any beverage container included in the product line is a beverage container described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5945759db583470480faef65ee45b2dc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a fine under this subsection shall be not more than $50,000 per violation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd85aafaaa14b4a0b9bfdb2d06e79ed5c"><enum>12110.</enum><header>Reporting and auditing</header><subsection id="id1e1df1c70654497b92230a394f1ff51f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, each Organization shall prepare and publish on a publicly available website a report that includes—</text><paragraph id="id8511421d72c849d0a44786bf678d425b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to the covered products or beverage containers sold or imported by any member of the Organization, a description of, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="idcc4e35c4fd1440498bcfd9a5410ad4d9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity of covered products or beverage containers sold or imported and collected (by submaterial type and State) for—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id012c910411a940c49da0acdb4bf19316"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the calendar year covered by the report; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd144d83d4a6a42dbac73118821740aae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each preceding calendar year;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b71572bd76e4a2db2e1dd3895bd6e16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>management of those covered products or beverage containers, including recycling rates (by submaterial type), for—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EF6B7C811C241FEA3499BCD4333F671"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the calendar year covered by the report; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id897810BD31C74E309B421EAB05F2C8FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each preceding calendar year; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd48ad1d655244dc2bcffe7230ffcf16c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>data relating to the final destination and quantity of reclaimed covered products or beverage containers (by submaterial type), including the form of any covered products or beverage containers exported;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe79f413e3224c4b8c6faff0fb6b09f6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contamination in the recycling stream of the covered products or beverage containers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2e83a3018edb46728ae7c138f4948830"><enum>(E)</enum><text>relevant collection service vendors and collection locations, including—</text><clause id="id61e39884f534486087739a3b8402723e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the geographical distribution of collection;</text></clause><clause id="id98c22f8ff25d4362bb1589c68a6250f2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the proximity of those vendors and locations to population centers;</text></clause><clause id="id5ce713201be44aea830c7ae3a6a2c987"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>hours of operation;</text></clause><clause id="id8bb711aca4ac4836ac3a61789744238c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>actions taken to reduce barriers to collection by expanding curbside collection or facilitating drop-offs; and</text></clause><clause id="id4efdf2b3ec58488389e943f305d8e209"><enum>(v)</enum><text>frequency of collection availability;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85da9aa6ba1545d59cf5f6e46a45cce1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>progress made toward achieving compliance with the requirements of this part, including the quantity of covered products or beverage containers that have been source-reduced through elimination or replacement by reusable covered products or beverage containers (by submaterial type and State), for—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07ACA33C75EE4C3A91A7209BCC539126"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the calendar year covered by the report; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBD14B1B670E47449DDF5724A6FBBC81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each preceding calendar year for which a report under this subsection was prepared; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb00c89e0d1f54d629b66a671282ff8d8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>additional efforts to reduce environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, at each lifecycle stage of the covered products or beverage containers; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id74f68b402d6e44dfa3a17f6f3e886629"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the budget of the Organization;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a076e846f2d42649fa984dd1620fe9f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of any outreach and education efforts under section 12111 conducted during the calendar year covered by the report, including the results of those efforts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7bcaeb128d9640f682a8bc28ac3a5aa3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of any customer service efforts conducted during the calendar year covered by the report, including the results of those efforts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcaac8db12dfe4ae19eda847c6c2c6c34"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the status of packaging innovation and design characteristics implemented to prevent littering, make covered products or beverage containers reusable or refillable, or reduce overall covered product and beverage container waste; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2330040ee44940b3b45d225bced36f21"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other information that the Administrator determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idddd43fdbacd4428e8c422e09652523f7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consistency</header><text>Organizations shall coordinate reporting under subsection (a), to the maximum extent practicable, to provide for consistency of information across a category of covered products or beverage containers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id141e005e75c640b383b8de3049b2e088"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the Administrator shall conduct an audit of—</text><paragraph id="id1222768f45ed409f86c2ed2c228eba80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collection and recycling of covered products and beverage containers under this part to provide an accounting of any collection or recycling efforts that are not conducted by a producer or an Organization; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda1eb00a25f84aa69ee611b6fe8be882"><enum>(2)</enum><text>covered products and beverage containers of brand names found in litter to provide for an accounting of covered products, beverage containers, and other litter that continues to create pollution.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbcd39495c9b14c75910cca8696f7b2ff"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reductions in State and local taxes</header><text>Not later than February 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall prepare and make publicly available a report describing—</text><paragraph id="ida79f5651d05248f6aed331794804bc68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effect of this part on costs incurred by units of State and local government for the management and cleanup of covered products and beverage containers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id29696eb4331e4432a9e8dada8049b5fc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any reductions in State or local taxes as a result of a reduction in costs described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3d519d6875f74020be1a9900957cb99c"><enum>12111.</enum><header>Public outreach and education</header><subsection id="id20b40ad7c43c4db8b59560620a928156"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Organization shall conduct public outreach activities to provide to consumers educational and informational materials relating to the quantity of covered products and beverage containers recycled, reducing the quantity of covered products and beverage containers discarded, and participating in reuse and refill systems, including, at a minimum—</text><paragraph id="id3a22698e45424dbaabe8273fadf767c4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>proper end-of-life management of covered products and beverage containers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id963d2ce963d346cf93036db78764d368"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the location and availability of curbside and drop-off collection opportunities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idea932d316e6d43b797ec910e26abae57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the location and availability of reuse and refill systems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id15b6b76965e34db19191371833140d22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>methods to prevent litter of covered products and beverage containers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id446e4748892d456ab4ed837a8ab76926"><enum>(5)</enum><text>reuse, recycling, and composting instructions that are—</text><subparagraph id="idd752b05580c840cbae061856ee8dc835"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consistent with the recycling and composting receptacle labeling requirements under section 12225;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80e54a21e73b43bda215aec305a304fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consistent nationwide, except as necessary to take into account differences among State and local laws;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idffa98ab2566249d7a9e04dc5bba4a7ac"><enum>(C)</enum><text>easy to understand; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0235500cf5124ebaacfbb72a2a4abb27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>easily accessible, including availability in multiple languages to reach a diverse ethnic population.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id200b8bd0f2804a768622388e84c9ed34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The public outreach and education activities under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="ida7fc348a71f6438da3595f9e36a5c40c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be designed to achieve the management goals for covered products and beverage containers under this part, including the prevention of contamination by covered products and beverage containers in other management systems or other materials;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id10a33989f2f4418e920733130876caa7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use all available forms of media, including television, radio, print, electronic, and web-based media, to provide information directly to consumers, in multiple languages;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd296ad129da4d6696731157cd8b5a45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be coordinated with units of local government to incorporate electronic, print, web-based, and social media elements that a local government may elect to use to provide education directly to residents;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3acdb6001ee34079a052e87844022612"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be provided to producers for inclusion on packaging labels to inform consumers regarding methods to responsibly reuse, recycle, or dispose of the packaging; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd9942f72de01476e815719c46aa5044d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>be coordinated with other Organizations, as applicable—</text><subparagraph id="id1dc4a440c3ea4810bed346f260c2e161"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to avoid consumer confusion; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b549d7e657943ec8114089e9046203a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to facilitate the consolidation of available resources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide123265963c04742ad7200be6aebf7c3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional educational materials</header><text>In addition to public outreach and education activities under this section, an Organization may provide to producers and retailers educational materials relating to the responsible reduction, reuse, recycling, or composting of covered products and beverage containers through—</text><paragraph id="ide19315d53f8245838f81a18f2e239d45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>printed materials, signage, and templates of materials that can be reproduced by retailers and provided to consumers at the time of purchase; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide0417d4af7b0497289f4b18b8b29bc5f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advertising materials that promote and encourage the proper reuse, recycling, and disposal of covered products and beverage containers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idfb51e488e39741a88250d4a8d6d35aca"><enum>12112.</enum><header>Reduction and Litter Cleanup Trust Fund</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2a418f8a6cd41fa81760d0937eb629f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cf3eced50b44c98a98e58d68ade04fe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Resin maker</header><text>The term <term>resin maker</term> means an entity that—</text><subparagraph id="id49f163570a8d487ab090c58e46316620"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transforms petrochemical gas and liquids into ethylene and propylene for later conversion into plastic polymers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf856e38fa2a643cebad02ff65eaa0067"><enum>(B)</enum><text>transforms ethylene and propylene into any other chemical for later conversion into plastic polymers; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7cca4dca239d4c79946713e69d9caa26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>polymerizes petrochemical feedstocks, including ethylene, ethylene glycol, terephthalic acid, propylene, vinyl chloride, styrene, phenol, formaldehyde, and acetonitrile, into polymers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59fdec40ba3c41d0a29a38720c1b7f84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trust Fund</header><text>The term <term>Trust Fund</term> means the Reduction and Litter Cleanup Trust Fund established by subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id12af7a54fafa49c4b808660f8baf5047"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the <quote>Reduction and Litter Cleanup Trust Fund</quote>, to be administered by the Administrator.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5B06CCC97D0D4BFCA7CED612507E80AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The Trust Fund shall consist of such amounts as are deposited in the Trust Fund under subsection (d)(2).</text></subsection><subsection id="id566b874ac07d4fd9833fdcf04ea041b1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fees; deposits</header><paragraph id="idaac61818e0724fb58e5e66dc066bc486"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fees</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7999c335959e429d8d951c43d97505f8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>In accordance with such formulas and procedures as the Administrator may establish, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall assess against—</text><clause id="id71ed355149af42a292e3108afaed9792"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each producer an annual fee based on the quantity of plastic covered products or beverage containers manufactured, distributed, sold, or imported by the producer during the preceding calendar year; and</text></clause><clause id="ida8667924a2cc4741b9dbfc8bf871a9e0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each resin maker an annual fee based on the quantity of plastic resin or plastic resin feedstocks manufactured, distributed, sold, or imported by the resin maker during the preceding calendar year.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id825bdb202f1d4774a57745fc97aed1ad"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Method of payment</header><text>A producer or resin maker may pay a fee assessed under subparagraph (A)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf64ba67bcd0c44a692037f061c1b8a98"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individually; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ff394d88e9142e3bdd2bfd148da0e57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the applicable Organization of which the producer or resin maker is a member.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8fb00852c187477bb48ca1a9d562f56d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>The following amounts shall be deposited in the Trust Fund:</text><subparagraph id="id8b36703f8cef4290a6194c2a2ce12fdd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An amount equal to the amounts collected as fees under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd0bf20f2c1c467181ae9a15b18d1d79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An amount equal to the amounts collected as fines under sections 12101(c)(2), 12109(c), 12113(c), and 12114(d).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc9e18aeb65c247138b8431e4bea72a11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any late payments, interest, and such other amounts authorized to be collected pursuant to section 3717 of title 31, United States Code, relating to a fee or fine described in subparagraph (A) or (B). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C065F2DFC0441CFA09C2A94ED38AFBC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts in the Trust Fund shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id1EFBCAB46483434C94554229DAD8C21B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>only be available to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE2218F4D22A4A739AFF25D1363DE76A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be used for the costs of carrying out this part, in accordance with subsection (f); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5FBB9D17AC7B48DF991E66C88D3CD367"><enum>(3)</enum><text>remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb92c0471f8d44f718d2d1c5f64b1bf4f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Expenditures from Trust Fund</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id441459f904a84af68dbee96a880c01a9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator shall use amounts in the Trust Fund to make grants for activities relating to—</text><subparagraph id="id43e12167680942dca1e1dd4654efddb7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reuse and refill infrastructure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f62817bcaaf4b85933b105992c6d4d6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>litter cleanup; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd193ecd99b96415baf19e3a0b838369d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>environmental remediation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ddb012d37cc4c6a80161964845e0f41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts in the Trust Fund, the Administrator shall ensure that, for each fiscal year—</text><subparagraph id="id4601151f80124b28bffbde7b26480edd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 40 percent is used for environmental remediation, of which not less than 50 percent shall be used to carry out projects that primarily benefit environmental justice communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac791190dcf74c24a47414ea652e285b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 60 percent is used to mitigate historic and continued impacts on environmental justice communities, of which not less than 75 percent shall be used to directly and primarily benefit environmental justice communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22e27ebea5434cd4a8d0aece8d706dd2"><enum>12113.</enum><header>Prohibition on certain toxic substances and materials</header><subsection id="id6e3b19237f31454da968fe72a4c6e8eb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, no producer may sell, offer for sale, or distribute in the United States—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ebff699a24f4fba8bdb83cfc1834476"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any packaging that contains a toxic substance; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12fad4d914df47cd8ceacda3803647ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any prohibited plastic packaging.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id944411daa9264b0c903b7a64a17aff21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of new toxic substances</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe24ebe711a44c228d5268299c739551"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Administrator designates a substance, mixture, or compound as a toxic substance, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations to prohibit that toxic substance in packaging.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08b80665774c427e87266474c6c8bf5f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effective date of regulations promulgated pursuant to paragraph (1) relating to a toxic substance shall be not later than 2 years after the date of designation of the toxic substance under that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide0104a7d2a4849229760df7d99d973f9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalty</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8590A6C7F824F1A900B77AC298D064A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>A producer that violates this section shall be subject to a fine for each violation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id140B53570578426CB1432980B8A0401D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of product lines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, each product line sold, offered for sale, or distributed to consumers by a producer shall be considered to be a separate violation of this section. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF637A384B87C4BA08DFC4348DFE00B0C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a fine under this subsection shall be not more than $50,000 per violation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida780e14705024a22a8ad66f88b3b76d4"><enum>12114.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><subsection id="idc3acc5948339467a9642ef3cb2d04953"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Administrator and the Attorney General (referred to in this section as the <term>Inspector General</term>)—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14b8c75bdd5b41ce9cedaf24a01e51b3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall evaluate each Organization not less frequently than annually to ensure that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72f91d8d29084f78b421aa7cddaf52a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Organization is implementing the Plan of the Organization in a manner that meets the requirements of this part; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf143f12507d0480aaccd0691f3674f9f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each producer participating in the Organization is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this part; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id784e06a0d50c4628973ff1ddefaf0b74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may commence an enforcement action against—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92ea907c920e48ed9091101a2f8caa42"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any Organization, as necessary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc335878eba9b4e8b85ea2c3aba4b5722"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any participating producer that is not in compliance with an applicable requirement of this part.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb878d0cf827a4b4c879cf62ca2495eeb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>In an evaluation under subsection (a)(1), the Inspector General may, as the Inspector General determines to be appropriate—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id942efc797b3b457e8941dbf5c15a207e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct investigations, including by inspecting operations, facilities, and records of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd357582fb81f4634947306ddc8f25078"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Organization; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefbd98fd9a2c4acdbcef41cbe612e7b9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a producer participating in an Organization; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfe6e0ad86b6438280b30e9ba5b3b1b2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">audit an Organization or any participating producer.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1a7d037914a4458d919e216533e6ee0c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Inspector General shall submit to each applicable Organization and producer, as applicable, a notice describing—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27fec2752997430285bfe65269559bd8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any relevant conduct or practice that does not comply with an applicable requirement of this part; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12b81c89e24f46bc803e0600eefd4f35"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any inconsistency identified as a result of an audit under subsection (b)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id593BD899CA6347F68280A216C3A61083"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalty</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB2944C40F9C4CF1A90BE7073E18992C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>An Organization, and any producer, that violates an applicable requirement of this part shall be subject to a fine for each violation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id905D7AE1627A43AD8F95AF7F75701BC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of product lines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, each product line sold, offered for sale, or distributed to consumers by a producer shall be considered to be a separate violation of this part.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33D040373C864826B56B3FD5619F07B0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a fine under this subsection shall be not more than $100,000 per day for each violation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAB8E02058C8C4254AA1DA0E9075C96FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Citizen suits</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC64C18FC52E9420EAF0AD4FA7A9B3729"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>In accordance with applicable Federal law, subject to the provision to the respondent of appropriate notice, any citizen of the United States may commence in a United States district court of competent jurisdiction an action against any individual or entity, a producer, an Organization, the Administrator, or the Inspector General to enforce this part.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id842c63ba9a634507ac327449c71bfd57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator as intervenor</header><text>In any action filed pursuant to this subsection to which the Administrator is not a party, the Administrator may intervene as a matter of right. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></part><part id="id1f63a3aeacd6412584fbc2c36b08752c" style="OLC"><enum>II</enum><header>Reduction of single-use products</header><subpart id="id67946cda193141bfb082530e884b367b" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Prohibitions on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene foam food service products; accessories on request</header><section id="idee0f43a9360f444884495a79875ddcb4"><enum>12201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subpart:</text><paragraph id="id68b02cd870644919a5a0b9f8567db699"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Carryout bag</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba1c05401c7f46ca967d66d7c2ae63b2"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>carryout bag</term> means a bag provided to a customer by a retail establishment or food service business for the purpose of transporting groceries, a prepared food, or a retail good.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8c96b9155cf4a4c9d1c0d840f034b49"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>carryout bag</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id8f59f5b1d705452fbd1d529ef81f55d7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a paper bag provided by a pharmacy to a customer purchasing a prescription medication;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f93aba2a0444aa2bddb9ef3151e0600"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a bag without handles that is—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf81a186d77aa41d7aa18770b6214af3f"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">used to protect items from damaging or contaminating other purchased items placed in a recycled paper bag or a reusable grocery bag; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ad7e58800a24d488ebd37ad3a1d79cf"><enum>(II)</enum><text>designed to be placed over articles of clothing on a hanger;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idaccc6465b6c34ad1bc3b7956f7b635a7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a bag used solely to contain a live animal, such as a fish or insect sold at a pet store or bait shop;</text></clause><clause id="idf93ca4482b854810b5ba4361572d4214"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a newspaper bag; or</text></clause><clause id="id0453c48719714fcbb8fa65545564fadc"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a bag provided to contain an unwrapped food item.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcfc4ba18b44e4688b8d2256a8c9c2551"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Food service business</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5351296568f1430a89438a6ea57a9cc5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>food service business</term> means a commercial entity that sells or provides food for consumption on or off the premises of the entity.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf37fcd4cd06462ebf095aac6077b748"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>food service business</term> includes a restaurant, café, delicatessen, coffee shop, convenience store, grocery store, vending truck or cart, food truck, movie theater, and business or institutional cafeteria, including such a business operated by, or on behalf of, any governmental entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b91f671095a4f0398c0cee221389e1e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Polystyrene foam food service product</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc552e3f1edaf4e2695b9bf10cb978ad1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>polystyrene foam food service product</term> means a food service product made wholly or partially of a material described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc970a3977e544337a26b9406ae313e08"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of material</header><text>A material referred to in subparagraph (A) is blown polystyrene, and any expanded and extruded foam of that polystyrene, that is—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id092b8c2d9d7642df9a13a103adee7588"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a thermoplastic petrochemical material made using a styrene monomer; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5e08208500d48b3ad50308a984f4297"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">processed by a technique such as—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b443b2c58da45edad88c1d129417de3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fusion of polymer spheres (commonly known as <term>expandable bead polystyrene</term>);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62d9d4569bc648dc8b26b19dbd455c65"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">injection molding;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id883b0afd48d049cf883cb0b2eb5c2723"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foam molding; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66c7f3580bbc46f78f3c520c7916c17b"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extrusion-blow molding (commonly known as <term>extruded foam polystyrene</term>).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf03b63895d8f47c885726df57575a506"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>polystyrene foam food service product</term> includes a food container, a plate, an egg carton, a hot or cold beverage cup, a meat, fish, seafood, or vegetable tray, and cutlery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc05d4a07ece74ee5a47fd9824411cd12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prepared food</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2d13692efb24e5e86bb814ed267da07"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>prepared food</term> means a food or beverage that is serviced, packaged, cooked, chopped, sliced, mixed, brewed, frozen, squeezed, or otherwise prepared for an individual customer or consumer.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id836829d746794c75864b6d248aede7ca"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>prepared food</term> does not include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71293042d0a34790b96943dff0e2e113"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a raw egg;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id118c970b16f14f04a1bcb18030566d96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">butchered meat;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6d50428a510400eb3db060083a13143"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">butchered fish or seafood; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b9004d337a74966840cafdb6c2106be"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">butchered poultry.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id466427f81bf64cbd9d6721bcfddf3411"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Retail establishment</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8f4825de22d4bac94c7017fea45f2dc"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>retail establishment</term> means a store or premises at which a person is engaged in the business of selling or providing directly to customers at retail pricing—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb6c54b535f74b5e9d60d77e26b4af8a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">merchandise, goods, groceries, prepared food, or beverages, for consumption off-premises; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ac763f4e1c1433586c9eefc19f1ebc4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the servicing of an item.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f2438ef7c1a41ad9493f65314ebcd44"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>retail establishment</term> includes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb96ba05144d4445ead8ad9a790bddf43"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a grocery store;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided9209920119470f83388142c11932d3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a department store;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided12b46202814c9ab8bf6debd5b29cfe"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a pharmacy;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ec30fb78aa648a3bf0b86d4bda018b7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a convenience store;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31693d0403c54a3b81c0901f42d406c9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a restaurant;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6e51528e8f44a97b2164e8990d35acd"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a coffee shop;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c6e2f10eb994fbbb6ce7d50c25dced3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a seasonal or temporary business, including a farmers’ market and a public market;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbc942f1f1c14a3fb62c7359e180c7f7"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a food truck or other motor vehicle, mobile canteen, trailer, market pushcart, or moveable roadside stand used by a person from which to engage in selling or providing described in subparagraph (A) directly with customers, without a storefront, including a business delivering prepared foods or other food items, a web-based or catalog business, and a delivery service used by a retail establishment; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8426e0eb51a14944a5e2f53c02c82edd"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nonprofit organization, charity, or religious institution that—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida51f7aa9d68d4ca2a331494db09d9067"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a retail establishment; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id885730007caf47379bb894ac3d3a4d4d"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">holds itself out to the public as engaging in retail activities that are characteristic of similar type retail businesses, regardless of whether such an activity is carried out on a for-profit basis.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idce2416e7e32d4f7b8720f4c9ba6ac9d7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reusable</header><text>The term <term>reusable</term>, with respect to a carryout bag, means that the carryout bag is—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d16e37990ea486cbbc24c9ca7d56a27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a sewn bag with stitched handles;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id570ec22f423d40a882e555ccbb4ca274"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made of cloth or another machine-washable fabric, other than polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2753fb43a70344208c3843b0a71d7dca"><enum>(C)</enum><text>specifically designed and manufactured for not fewer than 175 uses; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9b78aba664dc4792951bb2c5e6b60903"><enum>(D)</enum><text>capable of carrying contents weighing 25 pounds or more for a distance of 300 feet or more. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2eaae24388e948dcba8fce8281da11d6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Single-use paper bag</header><text>The term <term>single-use paper bag</term> means a paper bag that—</text><subparagraph id="id89c0c8bd105443758f48ff314f7ed343"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is 100-percent recyclable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23068db722f3464b9d400d338d7bf5d9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contains—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98b2245186734af8bfca16347aedad2b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a paper bag weighing 8 pounds or less, not less than 20 percent post-consumer recycled material; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6750ec18d7f14beaa692ae37835fa83a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a paper bag weighing more than 8 pounds, not less than 40 percent post-consumer recycled material; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80ddd8da36194ab5bad0389547c39ab4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>displays, in a visible manner on the outside of the paper bag—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd30f116c67d54847a7b3f422da860ba6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the word <quote>Recyclable</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4e73ae37e2e4f55a82cbb55d18d9da2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the phrase <quote>Made from ___ percent post-consumer recycled material</quote>, the blank space being filled in with the appropriate percentage of post-consumer recycled material contained in the paper bag.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98b741f7a62e41b18e9f7933a44d94e2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Single-use plastic bag</header><text>The term <term>single-use plastic bag</term> means a carryout bag that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id942c9638ae9c4282b5b32357a86fc10b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made of plastic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2039108ca726485d89dcfc29ceb3aa86"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not reusable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf2ce527850e4f2584737cddc5ffa4d3"><enum>12202.</enum><header>Bag requirements</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7e030df3e8c4420bb4641514409826a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ban on single-Use plastic bags</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, no retail establishment or food service business shall provide or sell to a customer any single-use plastic bag.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd724a5f26ceb4fc49549c2b89cad195f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reusable carryout bags and single-Use paper bags</header><paragraph id="id004b373d90e34968b969d7dbdb867af1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, a retail establishment or food service business may make available for purchase at the point of sale only, as applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf65c24510362401ca67b8cb46ad91224"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reusable carryout bags; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56c099da6ebd4a3793e764a9a580a856"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">single-use paper bags.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4b892a5591b413e86b369f75f428c76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum price</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The price of a reusable carryout bag or single-use paper bag sold under paragraph (1) shall be not less than $0.10.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ee4a1d99f2d4e7787a7ae8f87129ac6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retention of funds</header><text>Any funds collected under this subsection for the sale of a reusable carryout bag or single-use paper bag shall be retained by the applicable retail establishment or food service business.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id447341aa800941e7aa0290c0285807a6"><enum>12203.</enum><header>Food service products</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9428d5003bac4789a15b0175a7960ff2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Polystyrene foam food service products</header><paragraph id="idB380572C42E348709BF9F9FF7011061B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), effective beginning on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle—</text><subparagraph id="id02224dd366274503a149aacf62260d7e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no person shall sell or offer for sale any polystyrene foam food service product; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45375d3164014c82bc812083f2f09256"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no food service business shall provide or sell any food in a polystyrene foam food service product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc827cf9fbd964de3b124096a2d1741ae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>For the 2-year period beginning on the effective date described in paragraph (1), the following products shall be exempt from the prohibitions under that paragraph:</text><subparagraph id="idd2af08e34a7841cfa1a77af29c278816"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Meat and fish trays for raw or butchered meat, including poultry or fish that is sold from a refrigerator or similar appliance.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9caf3d8bfeb4435996f4ef3ff26a0ea3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Produce prepackaged by the producer with a polystyrene foam food service product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id38c960b0d2a24e2fa2698fe7e3cb63a9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfc1397420004937b10a06a0bc34b7e3"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text>To be eligible for a waiver of a prohibition under paragraph (1), a person or food service business shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may require.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfda0080cb09a436fbbbd49ae0486a297"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may approve an application under subparagraph (A), and provide to the applicant the waiver requested in the application, if the Administrator determines that—</text><clause id="idf2d3afe96ed4419aacea2c6388da7270"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there is no feasible, commercially available alternative for a specific polystyrene foam food service product; or</text></clause><clause id="idb882b6ee34564dfbbcb651efe72bfaab"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idad64890110be43b3b846e582fffdb359"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the gross annual income of the applicant for the calendar year preceding the year during which the application is submitted is less than $500,000; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ccf8ebe7ac24bd39e2185b3151b08a6" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is no reasonably affordable, commercially available alternative to the polystyrene foam food service product.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida53ea1983eca4f7eb6f85d1f1c55245c"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Term</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4ad97bc157b4e64aa35db2a83a89320"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (ii), a waiver provided under this paragraph may be in effect for a period of not longer than 1 year.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id636993a1c9a64ffc9027ab487adaf642"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On receipt of a written application, the Administrator may extend a waiver provided under this paragraph for additional periods, each of which is not longer than 1 year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2f6b125d926f4c48aa27a1c84940a0f1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plastic utensils, stirrers, splash sticks, cocktail sticks, and sandwich sticks</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle—</text><paragraph id="idf4bddea36ca944a2b892f5ab22cbc42d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>no person shall sell, offer for sale, provide, or distribute any plastic utensil (including forks, knives, spoons, sporks, and chopsticks), stirrer, splash stick, cocktail stick, sandwich stick, or toothpick; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18eabd020a5a4ed4a5a5958cdf8c952a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no food service business shall provide, distribute, or sell any plastic utensil (including forks, knives, spoons, sporks, and chopsticks), stirrer, splash stick, cocktail stick, sandwich stick, or toothpick. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id853107af00a44677874966b69361a6c1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Food service accessories on request</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf352c681e0624e82810d5699c3e224af"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of food service accessory</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>food service accessory</term> means any item or accessory that typically accompanies a food product provided by a food service business, including—</text><subparagraph id="id1fe15a5e4af44ced8304119a9fb3f517"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a product used for serving, consuming, or packaging a food or beverage prepared by a food service business, including a cup, bowl, plate, tray, carton, box, wrapper or liner, hinged or lidded container (commonly known as a <term>clamshell</term>), and napkin;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfdcb83c137247ad91f57000549ac91d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a condiment cup or packet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9017344b4894badb982a6f524e64d09"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a cup sleeve, top, lid, or spill plug; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0b643eee0b248eeb222a9b6ba015437"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other similar accompanying item used as part of a food service business.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id01b8c279dcb046fab32471f771b1f882"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Request required</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, a food service business may only provide to a customer a food service accessory for dining onsite, or for a take-out or delivery order, on request of the customer.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb967985a01a24d8b8d1e17e4cdb0479e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Condiments</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, any condiment provided for consumption on the premises of a food service business shall be served from—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4148f05f37d4f4b8ceddeecb8ffadba"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reusable container; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6dc76b7424644d1a669b23c306eb86e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a bulk dispenser.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id48019f2d938e4fdd955b1024b7449f74"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Portioning</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, a food service accessory or condiment—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0299fc5704784c4c8a53e4c587a56ca0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cd35e8ba96a4f6fabdb558e656f166d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bundled; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44b757c8a0c949e9be55ae80a2ce767f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individually wrapped; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc781625041443ddadca9325c5c404e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be dispensed using a dispenser that provides not more than 1 food service accessory or condiment item at a time to ensure customers receive only the quantity needed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id12cef4f50a4242aeb8b94c4cf9a5f7f3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Take-out food and delivery ordering platforms</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, each take-out food and delivery ordering platform shall provide—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id446a23b35dfc4b29918379097a00c102"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to food service businesses a method to customize the menus of the food service businesses to include a description of the food service accessories and condiments offered for take-out and delivery orders from the food service business; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c4c097a819e47498f1e9b05f644de01"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to customers the option to request specific food service accessories and condiments for inclusion in an order placed on the platform.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id71bbcd1ac7db432581c9b5fc7cc54cdc"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Travel</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33883b6b30d84e4093e0b9156aa395d1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other requirement of this section, a food service business described in subparagraph (B) may ask a customer if the customer desires or requires a food service accessory—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b6d8d24d8404e52affcc1ea67f74da1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to consume or transport ready-to-consume food; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc14a4c3c3cbe45998fcd44cee5892224"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prevent food from spilling.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf70436211cd74f24bb4bf5c0d344277b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of food service business</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A food service business referred to in subparagraph (A) is a food service business that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id206b8ed611584fcaa5f92015290a7a93"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is located entirely within a public use airport (as defined in section 77.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27ea850c492b44a9bdd0beda9bdc2ded"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides food products wholly or partially through the use of a drive-through facility.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb147329daf1b4c488a2210d20dc4d9db"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of section</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id521b9443481f486fab97279ceda7e054"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">restricts the ability of a food service business to provide a single-use plastic straw or single-serve condiment packet to an individual that requests such a straw or packet due to a disability or other medical or physical condition or circumstance; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a23b4b100d7460289adf8d1506c5f7a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prohibits a retail establishment from—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id955863a125034689a52f059e273225de"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">selling packages of single-use plastic straws to customers; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c32d5efc1b24ff395b6b30055d05b09"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing or selling a beverage prepackaged by the manufacturer with a single-use plastic straw, including a juice box.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b515e88dd3745df8c64f6b56e8d35f6"><enum>12204.</enum><header>Violations; enforcement</header><subsection id="id85860bcc9cd64cd2bd0631ad26ded0c0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Violations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9183d06c5ec445639295174ac6c40ab0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person that violates an applicable provision of this subpart (including regulations), shall be subject to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id392f6c0a8ef34faf803a3a9679c64343"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a warning for the initial violation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c0714145fa64b0094ec7ca97908e9dc"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fine in an amount equal to not more than $1,000 for the second violation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42f6e3908ead46579697801f2e663076"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a fine in an amount equal to not more than $5,000 for a third or subsequent violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4ac3c2b2d754afbaacd5264a1084e41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a violation described in paragraph (1) is of a continuing nature, each day during which the violation continues shall be considered to be an additional, separate, and distinct violation for purposes of this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc98a046b3b49425aa51f04ae521bf4a3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment to Administrator</header><text>A fine collected pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd79b29bf5107462fa5dc65ff5065b578"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Subject to subsection (a)(3), the Administrator or an affected local government may enforce this subpart.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd69b2c4c5fd04c6dbf1dd58002b62b05"><enum>12205.</enum><header>Education and outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator shall—</text><paragraph id="id3d0700d72fa5482ab0a018f95baa5c80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a program to assist persons in achieving compliance with this subpart, including by—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b7ee656bf774b60a814cabce91abea7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and publishing on a public website guidance relating to that compliance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5982d2a36b6842358fcef8d895887053"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing an online clearinghouse of vendors that provide environmentally sound alternatives to single-use plastic bags, single-use paper bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfcb49173aef54f37a02f094f0c0472bb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in cooperation with local governments, environmental organizations, and the business community, develop and implement a public information and education program with respect to this subpart, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id695b160f387d4a35819fa0ce98576e1b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">educational materials;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc10cdcb150194a729634d7e3d70c236e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public service announcements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41a8e2b9ff0a45c1ba91110cf67c41f5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the distribution of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64650b374a8b4352bd15777d4b0444a7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">free, reusable carryout bags; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d1c610dfc184aff9406e461b4555dde"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information relating to the environmental harms associated with single-use plastic bags.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd22708840668435cad984e3d461e238c"><enum>12206.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator shall promulgate such regulations as the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out this subpart. </text></section></subpart><subpart id="idb27a2e1cdc224db88b578a397a43efc8" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Prohibition on other single-use products</header><section id="idbc8ea7ad736941879c0f953ce29d4906"><enum>12211.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subpart:</text><paragraph id="id77eac0cb1cf445828ce25df51a765c18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Black plastic</header><text>The term <term>black plastic</term> means any plastic with a black plastic resin code 1 through 7.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d9821ae022b43c3be1da4378f6f7be4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disposable food service ware</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11120402f33c4221bb4317e53e709912"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>disposable food service ware</term> means a single-use or disposable product for heating, storing, packaging, serving, consuming, or transporting a prepared or ready-to-consume food or beverage.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id126184edd3de40ac88b57b105d56bc26"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>disposable food service ware</term> includes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6db7cb25ad74d87bead2fe813870aa0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a bowl, plate, tray, carton, cup, lid, hinged or lidded container, spoon, fork, and knife;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23339a96692e44189b6ff0c2b2938373"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any container used by a food establishment to heat, cook, or store a food or beverage prior to serving, regardless of whether the container is used to serve the food or beverage; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3e111eb073e481e9b43c48c79a2bad6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any item described in clause (i) or (ii) that is sold by a retail establishment to a consumer for personal use.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8001e9b10335434d9b87939d677698f0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Food establishment</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b4d20654fdf4ae5bf22b3c6d553db29"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>food establishment</term> means an operation that serves, vends, or otherwise provides a food product to a third party for consumption or use on or off the premises of the operation, regardless of whether a fee is charged for the food product.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb4f9a12e655404cb01b1b699bb0e0dd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>food establishment</term> includes any facility the operation of which requires a food service permit in accordance with applicable Federal or State law (including regulations).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc55a68dafe248c8a263fe90290a6fc1"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>food establishment</term> does not include a home or other private setting in which a food product is provided as described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id558209ceea7f42f8a3d5b0dc049f6f33"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Personal care product</header><text>The term <term>personal care product</term> includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id849cd0c22a2f4e0a9de9e751e70afc7f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shampoo;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7966918fa50f4eb1a1932ec35f4596f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hair conditioner;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2980a85bdaf8419fac779b6e2a5a2b49"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bath soap;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42bfb1aca2a84abb8c10f088b3075e32"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shower gel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91aba81b0aa548eab8ed9109e1c63e8d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>lotion; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51b84037a4b547ba939c65d25eed74d8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>hand soap. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc41a80fc9a1f413ca9b4ae53e52e5905"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prepared food</header><text>The term <term>prepared food</term> has the meaning given the term in section 12201.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id582da6796d9f48ed830ffbd99cebded0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Retail establishment</header><text>The term <term>retail establishment</term> has the meaning given the term in section 12201.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idd95a1d5e5f4f4683a7f95ae146d52056"><enum>12212.</enum><header>Prohibition on certain travel toiletries</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31248d0ab643469e9d485cbd2deabff3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id3a301ed02ca24dd0b9a526ed37bf5bb9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lodging establishment</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1515b26b8fb24443851a5aeaad62b82e"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>lodging establishment</term> means an establishment that contains 1 or more sleeping room accommodations that are rented or otherwise provided to the public.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec654c944c5b4883b0532b077ffd570a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>lodging establishment</term> includes—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide06729b041a2486ab54a26a67921d18b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a hotel;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided575415581147eb8214afdb626729ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a motel;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb47cf499a4e4952bc63e4707b536a3b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a resort;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf61f5ca3d2e641dc980b712b25c5cf51"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a bed and breakfast;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0aad04ae5e594bfd9311c718179282bb"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an inn; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7d6e846878f43faa847c349fa4cead3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a vacation rental.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdc3272547774f87b5cee50a798bfc48"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>lodging establishment</term> does not include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f3f0172987043bd803b20320d0c5b03"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a hospital;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd5273eaa2ae449f9361afac4f8b4907"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nursing home;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6dda2e9cdc974d6990361eddb7cdff76"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a residential retirement community;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad80d7226512491fa6ac3cb5ee5a1c36"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a prison or jail;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6367bbbffd840e380e76c25eedea2fc"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a homeless shelter;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7003aac6f11444ddb162fc73081aeb07"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a boarding school;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idace4576eb6284b73be87185c1ac8bc42"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a unit of worker housing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4de33ee7b7e34161b8da34bc2471c938"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a long-term rental; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23f9f70dba1c4bdab6fb8f1ced4487f7"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a house, apartment, or other livable space at which the individual providing a sleeping accommodation as described in subparagraph (A) is a permanent resident who lives on the premises.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc850798e43c140af909448cbd960e667"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Small plastic bottle</header><text>The term <term>small plastic bottle</term> means a plastic bottle or container that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48da414796824af18f2410239ae02f67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a capacity of less than 6 ounces; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8615817760754657836cedd9c67ea696"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is intended to be nonreusable by the end user.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4e5c0baccb8473c8fdf9c46ee4952c4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9fdbf2a94f64d84aea09ccfe5b0c852"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), effective beginning on the applicable date described in paragraph (2), a lodging establishment shall not provide any small plastic bottle containing a personal care product—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57a3c88c722e4fb18e060b4e6dc61617"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any individual staying in a sleeping room accommodation of the lodging establishment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a4b13837b8f4ee894ee6e0880b60000"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any space within a sleeping room accommodation of the lodging establishment; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50c89e00af67474fb2a648079c651b3e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any bathroom of the lodging establishment that is shared by—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10e84af65e63409e8dc8c81c6ec2dee2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0a4d900b145401194bf9df3bacfe53b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guests of the lodging establishment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4afff1f5ccd4991b1ed4bb6d2317dc7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The date referred to in paragraph (1) is—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb153dd9005b4fda89c702c4b4a3c48b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a lodging establishment with more than 50 rooms, the date that is 180 days after the later of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ac59e5bb9b34c44be3b6a3aa95fe9d6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of enactment of this subtitle; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee89eace472742569b82b580b0183e9f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on which the lodging establishment commences operation; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bb08a3941824ed7a2b003c9b64841cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a lodging establishment with 50 or fewer rooms, the date that is 1 year after the later of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f267d8f305241b291dd603e8c6b4933"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of enactment of this subtitle; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3330311389D14660B9D014E983177B0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on which the lodging establishment commences operation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0591e743fdc74170821e78bad5270bda"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Patron request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (b), a lodging establishment may provide to an individual, on request of the individual, a personal care product in a small plastic bottle at no cost at a place other than a place described in subsection (b)(1).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide751700801384363a2d36f79b0b15781"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Violations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34054bfc5e3646769761d1dd9926acfe"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agency of a local government with authority to inspect sleeping room accommodations in a lodging establishment may issue a citation for any violation of subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f3d05a66a8a489eb57838b120a3d410"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Written warning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For an initial violation of the prohibition under subsection (b), an agency described in paragraph (1) shall issue to the applicable lodging establishment a written warning that includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b3b3813e75d474ca3aa1afed7091d82"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the violation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0debbb353a54dc3b6f1bd70cee02593"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notice that any subsequent violation may result in a fine as described in paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4caaf6cf796406e85e499749d7c35f0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent violations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On a second or subsequent violation of the prohibition under subsection (b), an agency described in paragraph (1) may assess against the applicable lodging establishment a fine in an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc321b3eb6ad347a3857293a62baf5ed2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $500 for each day of the violation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide861bad4ff3541599ad93679281a0acb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than a total of $2,000 in any calendar year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id95F802049A164C2E8FF529DFDDC6D330" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payment to Administrator</header><text>A fine collected pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd657cfcac0e842e1ab5b1aa2970f00ad"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding use of bulk dispensers by lodging establishments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that lodging establishments are encouraged to use bulk dispensers of personal care products—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b65103c56834b41a010ce04ec084c07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce plastic waste;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5762aeab46ab4204aac7e90d0ab25dc3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to decrease the operating costs of the lodging establishments; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20edb8cc2e674dc2ae1a3f7419f96cd5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a manner that is mindful of the health and safety of individuals.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3606714a825a4b61afe950cff2b6feb0"><enum>12213.</enum><header>Prohibitions on black plastics</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b2dfb955e0f4f26bed547f245855ac6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1de10e0e5aba49c89beb872520739e5f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no food establishment shall sell, offer for sale, or otherwise distribute any disposable food service ware made using a black plastic; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd35f96dc59a40c6863b428feff9afba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no retail establishment shall sell, offer for sale, or otherwise distribute—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0575e250ccd45fbb2a4a0c71d8f7b3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any disposable food service ware made using a black plastic; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f2722d559af44d29533ba2aa8cd1154"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any meat tray, fish tray, seafood tray, vegetable tray, or egg carton made wholly or partially using a black plastic.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7afd0db5b4eb44bcb515841b1639c305"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7603e6f5585c49b69276ba64c2383a91"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator may exempt a food establishment or retail establishment from an applicable prohibition under subsection (a) for a period of not more than 180 days on receipt of a written application from the owner or operator of the food establishment or retail establishment.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0702c457638420a8e60996174ea8636"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may not provide an exemption under paragraph (1) unless the Administrator determines that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc279133a96c4fb99576aa6cae072ba4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strict enforcement of the prohibition for which the exemption is sought would cause an undue hardship described in paragraph (3); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cc5442647ee4e4db2d5b3e4cbce9faf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicable food establishment or retail establishment requires additional time in order to deplete an existing inventory of a specific item subject to the prohibition for which the exemption is sought. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5233ec2652654ae294fa1400fe7c729b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Description of undue hardship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An undue hardship referred to in paragraph (2)(A) is a situation—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id707f7484a14443c8a8f05aea83698d9f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is unique to an applicable food establishment or retail establishment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fa8baf265834b14bbcb38125f1ab8e1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which no reasonable alternative to the use of an item subject to a prohibition under subsection (a) exists; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4dc62e7b4ad43e5a9bc4ebb0e78990b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">due to which compliance with this section would create significant economic hardship for the applicable food establishment or retail establishment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8a2687de39c4094973f96d48ebaf527"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of section</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section prohibits an individual from personal use of a disposable food service ware or other item made using a black plastic.</text></subsection></section><section id="id568b3293ebe74a13837153dc4a8b0825"><enum>12214.</enum><header>Prohibition on noncompostable produce stickers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, no retail establishment shall sell or distribute any produce to which is affixed a noncompostable sticker.</text></section><section id="id60cdef6dd4724ebfafacc31e9495e1f0"><enum>12215.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA3DE21C7F3B4F83B0DC59E1A0E225B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Written warning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the initial violation of an applicable prohibition under section 12213 or 12214, the Administrator shall issue to the applicable food establishment or retail establishment a written warning that includes—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CAEC7B9916347FEB995A8BE086C2BA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the violation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id035CFC82E40749E7BF7C9950AFD2F883"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notice that any subsequent violation may result in a fine or seizure as described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1EA34A75D7641BE8F92E720AFE39D4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent violations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id026acc4bc24c45debdbdefc15448623d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a food establishment or retail establishment that has received a written warning under subsection (a) with respect to a violation of an applicable prohibition under section 12213 or 12214, and that repeats the violation, shall be subject to a fine in an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph id="id724d0a3e41cd48e591e14fe4746e97c9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the first repeat violation during the calendar year in which the written warning was received, $250;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6a33eb171df485b9b114760811020a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the second repeat violation during that calendar year, $500; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba1838a68c0b4424baba3fd98cfb7e58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the third, and any subsequent, violation during that calendar year, $1,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idef0b40c50fa948f09001d06fcc9c5a35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Seizure</header><text>On a third, or any subsequent, violation of an applicable prohibition under section 12213 or 12214 by a food establishment or retail establishment during a calendar year, the Administrator may seize any products subject to the prohibition that are in the possession of the applicable food establishment or retail establishment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida26205d8cba14ce1b5e95f9816c6305b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In the case of a food establishment or retail establishment the annual revenue of which is less than $1,000,000, a fine shall not be imposed pursuant to this subsection more than once during any 7-day period.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbf630b82316b40d582f370d27532f74f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State enforcement</header><text>The Administrator may permit a State to carry out enforcement under this section, subject to the conditions that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc77f81db3d54e38a94e77a7e2c00e28"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall determine that the State meets such requirements as the Administrator may establish; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7D4BC57D5CDE466DBD21F9D7DB6DD2EA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any fines collected by the State under this section shall be remitted to the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subpart><subpart id="id371ba38a403849b2b5638f6e7804b2d0" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Advancing reuse and refill systems</header><section id="idd11fb8e2f74345e79712cf166644d0c6"><enum>12221.</enum><header>Grant program to expand equitable access to reusable and refillable packaging</header><subsection id="ide70a382335ea4dbba448b426159cd39f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator shall establish a competitive grant program under which the Administrator shall provide grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to carry out beverage container reuse and refill projects in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id972b62f3dd8044cf8231c6c66b368a5a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>The following entities shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section:</text><paragraph id="id6723da098e7f4a85a9d1b64ee4f509be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An institution of higher education.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id987da1f209cd46dd89587334cb083ddd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A nonprofit organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f540dbbb9cb4111ab544fba270b3eed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A unit of county, municipal, or Tribal government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82d50c86c07b45d2a8fd8de1659c45e4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A for-profit entity.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida041f778944e49a59c6ade87f90a7d17"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A public-private partnership.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id24060fa461f34d08af60443dcbf9fcc9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An eligible entity described in subsection (b) seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may require, including a description of the means by which the project proposed to be carried out by the eligible entity will—</text><paragraph id="id2e00d69a1d724417854991c20e09b37c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expand 1 or more reuse and refill systems to replace single-use plastics, or single-use products containing or lined with plastic, currently used in consumer goods industries, including replacement with food service products and consumer food and beverage products that—</text><subparagraph id="id8d7830c1b4da40f98d5d212aab19d6ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are affordable, convenient, scalable, nontoxic, and equitable; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida07590d1b6584014983a1fe7313525a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfy the requirements described in this part;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd33c10795d7b4463a11d80858cd8a8fd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increase access to, and the capacity of, reuse and refill infrastructure within the State served by the eligible entity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0f5f1e0c21149d18b3e629333dc28ea"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expand consumer knowledge of reuse and refill programs, including through the development of accessible education and outreach programs and materials; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id298ab4f7c2b146b4a9e810ed0f8d4143"><enum>(4)</enum><text>install, and expand access to, sanitation infrastructure in public or community buildings to enable safe and hygienic reuse, including dishwashers and sanitation stations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc6257b188ac8406186e27dc50ac9bc79"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nontoxic requirements</header><text>A material used as part of a reuse and refill project under the program under this section shall not—</text><paragraph id="id9c27d79d789a4c37b09dff7a35387e7c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain a toxic substance; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide931f007b559449ab442f9e7ed881ccd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be made using prohibited plastic packaging.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5a54d190d3eb4114bc8806a943ea015d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priority; distribution</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Administrator shall—</text><paragraph id="id538ff3caa1ec44f0bbba3f2eb1913fe5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>give priority to any project that, as determined by the Administrator, will—</text><subparagraph id="idea5fad5cc05e4ed99a2a3d9a1578a803"><enum>(A)</enum><text>directly benefit a population of color, community of color, Indigenous community, rural community, or low-income community; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided2e97f3f35e4d5d85df5e15ed3c761a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>achieve more than 1 objective described in subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0284081d07e74efd9827435a74179e84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that at least 1 grant is provided in each region of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id423d089724e04a8796446754002745a4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, and not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress, and publish, a report that includes—</text><paragraph id="id09aed07eccab4518aa4f301d72b51818"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an estimate of the current and projected consumption of beverage containers and covered products in each State;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id035431627f50456e8e126e7ecec30675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of techniques and recommendations to minimize the creation of new materials for the manufacturing of beverage containers and covered products;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcceb49c461054395a82107a72aec27ed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of the infrastructure and design needs required to establish a system for reusable and refillable beverage containers in the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id60569523a75e491984187dbdf959b1a8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a summary of—</text><subparagraph id="id692ec45e054e45c0a4b88304e6f483d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the grants provided under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id847ea2ddb38e4a179013aa4447fdd671"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effectiveness of those grants in increasing the proportion that—</text><clause id="id908b96d2a3504462acabef64f2718e4b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of reusable and refillable beverage containers and covered products used by distributors during each calendar year covered by the report; bears to</text></clause><clause id="idf77b16cbcbc94b9dbdccd9e68c41a650"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>overall beverage container and covered product consumption during that calendar year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc4e65c69b3624bbdaf84bf51ae64809a"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. </text></subsection></section><section id="id4b373cb0930045b7a479453f330a815a"><enum>12222.</enum><header>Grant program to support water refill stations at airports and train stations</header><subsection id="id3dd022b032444db2b2e58e67d4e544ca"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8cc32b2a64f4c19863e34c340d59df7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>program</term> means the competitive grant program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb1fe73d7ad4464e98f5cb926354ea81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6dc5903292ac49588354b59e0b00aec9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program under which the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall provide grants for use in accordance with this section to—</text><paragraph id="idd4e5baf9cc01443ea4bab19f7d029c24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publicly owned airports that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a07b9bdd32b4b2f9167f168664f0cc5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">host not less than 2,500 passenger boardings each calendar year; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36dfd8848b104431b906a7e7725dd75b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive scheduled passenger service; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7de750b58f1f4b88bdfa452f1dfbc3f5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">train stations located in metropolitan or suburban areas that provide for the transportation of individuals (other than employees or contractors of the station or individuals riding equipment to observe or monitor railroad operations) by railroad through—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59e0acaf2c164095b89aa91436328bf1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intercity passenger service; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73ab227d92374d59a6794add50f93923"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commuter or other short-haul passenger service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id26a3a871ff4d4330a47f107fc886fdc4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A grant provided under the program may be used for—</text><paragraph id="idb7d7c3f9dbad41b4962ccf40bb57a989"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchasing and installing stations at which employees, passengers, and other guests may refill reusable beverage containers with drinking water; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e497122f91b48988a95f09da2d28a71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promoting the use of reusable beverage containers and water refill stations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id802AA73DB6744CF0A250E7C7B6916D25" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An entity described in subsection (b) seeking a grant under the program shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of each project proposed to be carried out using grant funds.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB3874EEA1B074F289EF00EF55DEB9A2A" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Secretary provides grants under the program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the effectiveness of the projects carried out under the program.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9350F1A434D54B739FAC7E577A05F232"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></subsection></section><section id="idebfb8ef21b264feda6e3d37d223d0402"><enum>12223.</enum><header>Clean Communities Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>Clean Communities Program</quote>, under which the Administrator shall leverage smart technology and social media to provide technical assistance to units of local government for purposes of cost-effectively—</text><paragraph id="id60b8eca93f5c48a7b6af339640d848e0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying concentrated areas of pollution within the jurisdictions of the units of local government; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74d4b44768c444848481f04efddae004"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing source reduction solutions in response to that pollution.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idcb8616bfad174957ba733589e275d31f"><enum>12224.</enum><header>Report on reuse and refill systems</header><subsection id="id12a0af2dda244c0f8f6807555fb721df"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall make publicly available a report describing the feasibility of, and best practices relating to, reuse and refill systems with respect to each of the following sectors:</text><paragraph id="idf0d03575b30448fb8f7171aab170620f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Food service, including—</text><subparagraph id="idf3be090a283a4f849456b1e41534f8e8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take-out food;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3e6347170aa4d5ca51b430d7d2d5fd3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the delivery of prepared meals; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5e21ed41b4a4b0fa6a3973d1ac0059a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meal kits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b4311b995e74fe690806de8072e8277"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Consumer food and beverage products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab6cf0d8d94f4ca99adbc62e5b8d1159"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Consumer cleaning products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id57533ee3663243658772d34b33f9b941"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Personal care products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb14198bbf1c54223a7d46497083d547c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Transportation and shipping of wholesale and retail goods.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida12e8394aece42be817d866e52ae793c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Public educational institutions, including institutions of higher education.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0818c534cd8d4a2e974dc0ddbab7f014"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Other sectors, as identified by the Administrator.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide5bd975b06b4423a9ebad5a9a6131d5f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include an evaluation and summary of—</text><paragraph id="id07296008e13e4108b658a5b728543451"><enum>(1)</enum><text>types of reuse and refill systems for product delivery that can be best used at different scales;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12ee6dc2c5e54d18b666540cc54e3611"><enum>(2)</enum><text>methods to ensure equitable distribution of reuse and refill systems for product delivery in populations of color, communities of color, Indigenous communities, and low-income communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73613472bccd4b2995a99712266c4dd5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>job creation opportunities through the use or expansion of reuse and refill systems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd299edf0ed90405081a7b95eb5879438"><enum>(4)</enum><text>economic costs and benefits for—</text><subparagraph id="idfc47b30547ef45cab2487f416373e7f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>businesses that deploy reuse and refill system technologies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f49799e4f9f4113a6f5782d06bf56a5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>parties responsible for waste collection and management;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id35ba763b11dc478f851b19049dab453f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>types of local, State, and Federal support needed to expand the use of reuse and refill systems; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8879a2b1e3d645a9982cfc2d3c0a4be2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>existing barriers to the widespread implementation of reuse and refill systems.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd371e155fa8543688632bc9fd1316eaf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In preparing the report under subsection (a), the Administrator shall take into consideration relevant information relating to reuse and refill system programs and approaches in States, units of local government, and foreign countries.</text></subsection></section><section id="ida1d93f2ba6024e8eaf7149caae0fe756"><enum>12225.</enum><header>Recycling and composting receptacle labeling</header><subsection id="idcffea2822ace41f9bb51e06ed1b6b907"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish guidelines for a national standardized labeling system for the development of labels for recycling and composting receptacles that use a methodology that is consistent throughout the United States to assist members of the public in properly recycling and composting.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0687849473904a3192df53ed14081786"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeb4ccaabf524034b492d3c71c3845b3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public space</header><text>The term <term>public space</term> means a business, an airport, a school, a stadium, a government office, a park, and any other public space, as determined by the Administrator.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f5359c31ada45269a1b0799ef66cd1d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recycling or composting receptacle</header><text>The term <term>recycling or composting receptacle</term> means a recycling or composing bin, cart, or dumpster.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d40c657ea08486a841ed82bc640f764"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Residential recycling and composting program</header><text>The term <term>residential recycling and composting program</term> means a recycling and composting program that provides services to single-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings or facilities, or both.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3a829f4926414d35b9d69218380bdd80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator shall develop and publish guidelines for a national standardized labeling system for use by Organizations to develop labels that—</text><paragraph id="id61bef947d5744af98da8559961c8b58b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use a national standardized methodology of colors, images, format, and terminology, including to address diverse ethnic populations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddc2d9d5882b7485e9689f895d52255db"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be placed on recycling and composting receptacles in public spaces and the service area of the Organization in accordance with paragraphs (1)(D) and (2) of subsection (e); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99b14a20a1624479a9a72269c3e58392"><enum>(3)</enum><text>communicate to users of those recycling and composting receptacles—</text><subparagraph id="id4bb6c04f883c4afab914a1ca5bda44b3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific recyclables and compostables accepted by the Organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb9a7c33c5654148aeb5d30fe3f31585"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the specific rules of sorting for the Organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida539b1f6d9234ae7b3e4f2b7f3c35997"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Development of labels</header><paragraph id="id10862786ff254d73b05f0eec951d0081"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Organization, in accordance with the guidelines published under subsection (c), shall use the national standardized labeling system to develop labels for use on recycling and composting receptacles in public spaces and the service area of the Organization to communicate to users of those recycling and composting receptacles—</text><subparagraph id="id8223b28af83f492e84d27eac63f793b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific recyclables and compostables accepted by the Organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc2c2b200fe14c288f92faee40ee148b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the specific rules of sorting for the Organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f0a9d6936a94a8280b91d37f2a05d01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simple and detailed versions</header><text>In developing labels under paragraph (1), an Organization shall develop—</text><subparagraph id="idfad50d654a774f5494a37c943c16cec3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a simple version of the label for use on recycling and composting receptacles used in public spaces, which shall list the basic recyclables and compostables accepted by the Organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd604f0d695447e3aec6602b3a75d70d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a detailed version of the label for use on recycling and composting receptacles used as part of a residential recycling and composting program of the Organization, taking into consideration the complexity of the covered products and beverage containers disposed of by single-family dwellings and multifamily dwellings and facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id15b6b9898aa74ca4b325f53579a7427f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Distribution of labels</header><paragraph id="id2b7cd9eead65439f8fa508c29a4a667d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Simple version</header><subparagraph id="id457736f95f4447939866f9002f4f56bd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An Organization shall distribute the simple version of the label developed by the Organization under subsection (d)(2)(A) to each customer of the Organization that owns or operates a public space in the service area of the Organization.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id126168207d6d4bddae98cf7268ff9c20"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quantity</header><text>The quantity of labels distributed to an owner or operator of a public space under subparagraph (A) shall be reasonably sufficient to ensure that a label may be placed on each recycling and composting receptacle in that public space.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7f60dc3ff5294d9cb5db952e8ac1a626"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional labels</header><text>If the quantity of labels distributed under subparagraph (B) is insufficient, an Organization shall make available to owners and operators described in subparagraph (A) additional labels to purchase or download.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6419667b3bf24634b1014b10d948c35b"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirement of owners and operators</header><text>An owner or operator of a public space that receives labels under subparagraph (A) shall display the labels on the recycling and composting receptacles in that public space.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide4ff83794c2e4e1d8baf9d6bfb1dcf41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detailed version</header><text>An Organization or municipality, as applicable, that provides services to a residential recycling and composting program in the service area of the Organization or municipality, as applicable, shall display a detailed standardized label developed by the Organization under subsection (d)(2)(B) on each recycling and composting receptacle used by the residential recycling and composting program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idab89b935ec7e4dffb4eaf149b9905082"><enum>12226.</enum><header>Study and action on plastic tobacco filters and electronic cigarettes</header><subsection id="id43019d1a4def48fa81157942e4ab2792"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall conduct a study of—</text><paragraph id="idfd40de0a23df4fdb9e5da4764f00ef61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the environmental impacts and efficacy of tobacco filters made from plastic; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf592ab07c53f4e3d9ee249fbf270a233"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the environmental impacts of electronic cigarettes, including disposable plastic components of electronic cigarettes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idedb316ee86674c8d900a3f2f45bd4b44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the study under subsection (a) is concluded, the Administrator, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall submit a report describing any recommendations of the Administrator for the establishment of a program to reduce litter from, and the environmental impacts of, single-use tobacco filter products and electronic cigarettes to—</text><paragraph id="id66208a361e86420fa7c31dcfcf5a74af"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0fc89f914bae476e8043f0d5ef5fed49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49bc793dc728402e9e3822377ba7b5bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4bb14a0edafd40899c6ca540f712eca7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0dd41a36568447fb949838e000a8dbac"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>On submission of the report under subsection (b), the Administrator, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall publish in the Federal Register for public comment—</text><paragraph id="id6b4328408e604649aeb146fe6e22c652"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a copy of the report; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbad78c35c6cc41fd817efe0cc35b3e78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the actions the Administrator and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs intend to take during the 1-year period beginning on the date of publication to reduce litter from, and the environmental impacts of, single-use tobacco filter products and electronic cigarettes, including recommendations for incorporating plastic tobacco filters and electronic cigarette plastic components into an extended producer responsibility program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subpart></part><part id="idd22ca2e39c3b45a4a94812e024e6b89f" style="OLC" commented="no"><enum>III</enum><header>Prohibition on certain exports</header><section id="idefa9b1ada567416e837430a48be5b0b8"><enum>12301.</enum><header>Prohibition on certain exports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No person may export from the United States any plastic waste, plastic paring, or scrap of plastic—</text><paragraph id="idc079f3adf4084a51ae39238a11d5ee38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a country that is not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id559659d53e5b4594bab303eae5921d6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>without the prior informed consent of the relevant authorities in a receiving country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, if those exports—</text><subparagraph id="id98b954b1f0dc46e5bf1402e2b6ce42fa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are not of a single, nonhalogenated plastic polymer;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9b605809716c45c39942a74d796b48cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are contaminated with greater than 0.5 percent of—</text><clause id="idf9fd515d5ec64664b0402aa27ede3a07"><enum>(i)</enum><text>other plastics; or</text></clause><clause id="id5cb64e68f5a645db9a68f6c361f693b0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other materials, including—</text><subclause id="idb70876e8f7884e47a6bb14364dc7f7bf"><enum>(I)</enum><text>labels, adhesives, varnishes, waxes, inks, and paints; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id01bebe55373c432398902f6aae4788aa"><enum>(II)</enum><text>composite materials mixing plastics with nonplastic materials; or</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb50eb1ea4b884c3685099ed063b845d1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are to be re-exported to a country that is not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9693ef8c215143a1adb217700f0a1ced"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that is contaminated with—</text><subparagraph id="id45550a1d431a4669af9bfc54d6cdf3d1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a hazardous chemical;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4e5eb8c784542a980492bfed5edec9c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>effective beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, a toxic substance; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e90daf28f6b4865a4abe18e9652e6a8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other substance, to the extent that the export becomes hazardous waste.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></part><part id="id233ecbfa7ef4429eb0987722545a7196"><enum>IV</enum><header>Local government efforts</header><section id="iddae2b5d4f4784d649997a77455797ef2"><enum>12401.</enum><header>Protection of local governments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle preempts any State or local law in effect on or after the date of enactment of this subtitle that—</text><paragraph id="id6d58923cfb4e47f88d2384404e0bf566"><enum>(1)</enum><text>requires the collection and recycling of any product in a greater quantity than is required under part I;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6752738643684e9bb42e790677c9389b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prohibits the sale or distribution of any product that is not prohibited under part I or II;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb95d7cb6b09b459ca6a02848e332dce6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>requires any product to be made of a greater percentage of post-consumer recycled material than is required under part I or II; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe37854fec4c48ec96bfcb6fac776889"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in any way exceeds the requirements of this subtitle.</text></paragraph></section></part></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd5ddfade84984e70957f935218b8a649" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/272">Public Law 89–272</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="idf6f14400-f373-4078-8bbe-ab03112c67ee"><toc><toc-entry level="subtitle" idref="idb452c43fd33643e6b2fdc172a3bf4554">Subtitle K—Extended responsibility for beverage containers and packaging</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idf02d75b4c0e04c97ab2210345371deee">Sec. 12001. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="part" idref="idc2fca78891ab4e44ae5749bda54e6c88">PART I—Extended responsibility</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id24d5286c47d8402b8e0b0118e92b986c">Sec. 12101. Extended responsibility.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id736f5d5d2b394251b244ce6588469663">Sec. 12102. Producer Responsibility Organizations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id40e59a81d66144cea4bc13b8310b0dbe">Sec. 12103. Product Stewardship Plans.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id323ed8f0c2564b07b1ab8fd80b35ac00">Sec. 12104. Membership fees.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idbf6ef699791041bfbb03b802ed7fa16d">Sec. 12105. Single-use plastic source reduction requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id9326385d30b64bf486383c5cb63dcd0f">Sec. 12106. Advisory committees.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idad51d56f22fd4c3b93d6aabc5a7e95e3">Sec. 12107. Reduction, reuse, and recycling needs assessment.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id3e30f73d674a44e79319aa1f95c479d4">Sec. 12108. National beverage container program.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idca4762af75644edb888c0055efd2650b">Sec. 12109. Elimination of toxic substances in beverage containers and post-consumer recycled material.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idd85aafaaa14b4a0b9bfdb2d06e79ed5c">Sec. 12110. Reporting and auditing.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id3d519d6875f74020be1a9900957cb99c">Sec. 12111. Public outreach and education.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idfb51e488e39741a88250d4a8d6d35aca">Sec. 12112. Reduction and Litter Cleanup Trust Fund.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id22e27ebea5434cd4a8d0aece8d706dd2">Sec. 12113. Prohibition on certain toxic substances and materials.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="ida780e14705024a22a8ad66f88b3b76d4">Sec. 12114. Enforcement.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="part" idref="id1f63a3aeacd6412584fbc2c36b08752c">PART II—Reduction of single-use products</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subpart" idref="id67946cda193141bfb082530e884b367b">SUBPART A—Prohibitions on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene foam food service products; accessories on request</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idee0f43a9360f444884495a79875ddcb4">Sec. 12201. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idaf2ce527850e4f2584737cddc5ffa4d3">Sec. 12202. Bag requirements.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id447341aa800941e7aa0290c0285807a6">Sec. 12203. Food service products.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id6b515e88dd3745df8c64f6b56e8d35f6">Sec. 12204. Violations; enforcement.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idd69b2c4c5fd04c6dbf1dd58002b62b05">Sec. 12205. Education and outreach.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idd22708840668435cad984e3d461e238c">Sec. 12206. Rulemaking.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subpart" idref="idb27a2e1cdc224db88b578a397a43efc8">SUBPART B—Prohibition on other single-use products</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idbc8ea7ad736941879c0f953ce29d4906">Sec. 12211. Definitions.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idd95a1d5e5f4f4683a7f95ae146d52056">Sec. 12212. Prohibition on certain travel toiletries.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id3606714a825a4b61afe950cff2b6feb0">Sec. 12213. Prohibitions on black plastics.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id568b3293ebe74a13837153dc4a8b0825">Sec. 12214. Prohibition on noncompostable produce stickers.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id60cdef6dd4724ebfafacc31e9495e1f0">Sec. 12215. Enforcement.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="subpart" idref="id371ba38a403849b2b5638f6e7804b2d0">SUBPART C—Advancing reuse and refill systems</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idd11fb8e2f74345e79712cf166644d0c6">Sec. 12221. Grant program to expand equitable access to reusable and refillable packaging.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id4b373cb0930045b7a479453f330a815a">Sec. 12222. Grant program to support water refill stations at airports and train stations.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 12223. Clean Communities Program.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idcb8616bfad174957ba733589e275d31f">Sec. 12224. Report on reuse and refill systems.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="ida1d93f2ba6024e8eaf7149caae0fe756">Sec. 12225. Recycling and composting receptacle labeling.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 12226. Study and action on plastic tobacco filters and electronic cigarettes.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="part" idref="idd22ca2e39c3b45a4a94812e024e6b89f">PART III—Prohibition on certain exports</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idefa9b1ada567416e837430a48be5b0b8">Sec. 12301. Prohibition on certain exports.</toc-entry><toc-entry level="part" idref="id233ecbfa7ef4429eb0987722545a7196">PART IV—Local government efforts</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="iddae2b5d4f4784d649997a77455797ef2">Sec. 12401. Protection of local governments.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Protecting communities from plastics</header><section id="idd3e01a63d4ec49a4a2431a57a66aa3aa"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id360873f8c6db410f9a3abdd23bcef5d2"><enum>202.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="id984f04c6209b41e0b764a056601e07c4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>plastics production is exacerbating the climate crisis and driving environmental injustice in vulnerable communities located near petrochemical facilities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d7f2d82f8654f4d8260c5199cd62f40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>plastics production is on track to double in the decade beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, locking in harmful emissions for decades;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf811b7d7a7b2423d99e4ebf87e8484f9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>plastics and other petrochemicals are forecasted to become the largest driver of oil and hydraulically fractured gas demand by 2050;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcbe7f4c16b05454fb8fad3b3c1662e71"><enum>(4)</enum><text>some studies have projected that the plastics industry will emit more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the United States by 2030;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3ed076135b74d6e9cd0560e068a4fd6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>petrochemical facilities that produce plastics are more likely to be located in low-income communities and communities of color, disproportionately exposing those communities to harmful pollutants;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id125b2ef3a1ea42ce8384f2936c06c6d5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>plastics production and certain disposal facilities pollute surrounding communities with chemicals that are known to cause cancer, birth defects, and other serious illnesses;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab1f3c268c5148688990fd9846e31a82"><enum>(7)</enum><text>transitioning from the use of fossil fuels for power generation and transportation only to replace that demand with more fossil fuel-based plastics production—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id161af0954dc346ee927fade3ebf42cbe"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a viable strategy; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cca888a359d4e479cc743cafc9bebd1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fails to protect communities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id669c78c9900c4d1cb38e33901f653343"><enum>(8)</enum><text>plastics carry impacts throughout the lifecycle, including the impacts of—</text><subparagraph id="idbe7040715d154bd597311ba9219755df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>oil and gas extraction;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e04802920634b1290c1a5da0cfc7313"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plastics refining, manufacturing, and certain methods of disposal; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9005f1abb1d04898b6c7f3bce1e9e184"><enum>(C)</enum><text>resulting plastics pollution in communities and the environment, where the degrading plastics—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e6601b338ff459a9981abe5dd06d13e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leach chemical additives; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1b978c2ce234317809aca6450d0190d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emit greenhouse gases;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ea030feed454c1ca7f1bd31a7aee23f"><enum>(9)</enum><text>addressing the plastics crisis requires a shift away from single-use plastics in nonessential settings; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d1a1239b7b843409ef79f1fa8b88531"><enum>(10)</enum><text>technologies that convert plastics to fuel, use plastics for energy generation, generate feedstocks for the chemical industry, or produce hazardous waste and toxic air pollution are not a sustainable solution to the plastics crisis.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idb5365d1c9f1649928b26e3104faaee2d"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd288d58c88fd4add821d1453465b5f4e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id72dfd1f33ac6460db271f269ad7f49f5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plastic</header><text>The term <term>plastic</term> means a synthetic or semisynthetic material that—</text><subparagraph id="id4aa0cf4c1d8948d1a23d158720c5e348" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is natural rubber; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7d84015f7fb447387c894f1867fcaf9" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has naturally occurring polymers, such as proteins or starches.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6eaf6e93224420d9f9563baf77a8e06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Refill; refillable; reusable; reuse</header><text>The terms <term>refill</term>, <term>refillable</term>, <term>reusable</term>, and <term>reuse</term> mean—</text><subparagraph id="idbbbfce37ff9c4d23934cca2cc354be33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to packaging or a food service product that is reused or refilled by a producer, that the packaging or food service product is—</text><clause id="ide084deecc11c4d2a8ecaa1ffe89743c4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>explicitly designed and marketed to be utilized for not less than the number of cycles that the Administrator determines to be appropriate, for the same product, or for another purposeful packaging use in a supply chain;</text></clause><clause id="idddf1ae0cd79844c1a3347811593657d9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>designed for durability to function properly in original condition for multiple cycles;</text></clause><clause id="idaf34814ee5cf4d2c85201c07d7cbfce4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>composed of materials that do not contain—</text><subclause id="id33dd669393514ba6aaf1c37496f30a6d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>toxic heavy metals;</text></subclause><subclause id="id63d84a755b7b423f9a37d4d9e28476a8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>pathogens;</text></subclause><subclause id="id974c1d4e71cc458e8449c08847553adf"><enum>(III)</enum><text>additives; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idf07dc4efb7e6430fa7a76f377b3115c1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>toxic substances (as defined in section 12000 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id53a3756e349748bba75d655c9e43b438"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>supported by adequate infrastructure to ensure that the packaging or food service product can be conveniently and safely reused or refilled for multiple cycles; and</text></clause><clause id="idd88dc8c44419491fb9ce170a6253c363"><enum>(v)</enum><text>repeatedly recovered, inspected, and repaired, if necessary, and reissued into the supply chain for reuse or refill for multiple cycles; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb8459ecd54d348bbb8b5ac4dc9325987"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to packaging or a food service product that is reused or refilled by a consumer, that the packaging or food service product is—</text><clause id="id31e7ae6ec46748c5b9cf0118d41fadc8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>explicitly designed and marketed to be utilized for not less than the number of cycles that the Administrator determines to be appropriate, for the same product;</text></clause><clause id="id3e2eb5ad8cc14100900fd32a9192e8e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>designed for durability to function properly in its original condition for multiple cycles;</text></clause><clause id="id8cf601df8305405892fd6b182e6bea5e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>composed of materials that do not contain—</text><subclause id="ide7409d08c855429ab0ea77b0f580492e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>toxic heavy metals;</text></subclause><subclause id="id5c99f9590fb748d293e996c87ea04af2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>pathogens;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide7024de1ee504345b277cad07a8aa608"><enum>(III)</enum><text>additives; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id76027FF3BAAB436291351CECAA4B7422"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>toxic substances (as defined in section 12000 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idda2c0be2524d4fefbce04d48bc938507"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>supported by adequate and convenient availability of, and retail infrastructure for, bulk or large format packaging that may be refilled to ensure the packaging or food service product can be conveniently and safely reused or refilled by the consumer for multiple cycles, as needed.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id461ce0f1c12c4ddba8c66ef3ae69de93"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Single-use plastic</header><subparagraph id="ida4a24c74752b4dd79cf42165f0685c11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>single-use plastic</term> means a plastic product or packaging that—</text><clause id="id1e018cd51c1d43629c34fad889909d43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is routinely disposed of, recycled, or otherwise discarded after a single use; or</text></clause><clause id="idd99d3a0739804704aaf69ae24f16fe12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is not sufficiently durable or washable to be, or is not intended to be, reusable or refillable.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idadb4b5ad62724229b8e7a35076c96a02"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>single-use plastic</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id8b6b7a3e332e4039bf859b3b86f13bd4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>medical equipment, medical devices, consumer personal protective equipment, or other products determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to necessarily be made of plastic for the protection of public health or for people with disabilities;</text></clause><clause id="idf78fb7b29777426bbecf3de212f45373"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>packaging that is—</text><subclause id="idc68e29e544ae40afb212bc0675de375e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for any product described in clause (i) that is determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to necessarily be used for the protection of public health or for people with disabilities; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idb6eb9ceb40874197bb74aeafc5451f96"><enum>(II)</enum><text>used for the shipment of hazardous materials, such that the packaging is prohibited from being composed of used materials under section 178.509 or 178.522 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act); or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id5e69b0a39fda4ce8bb65e39001d47242"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>personal hygiene products that, due to the intended use of the products, could become unsafe or unsanitary to recycle, such as diapers.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id609cb81e14e1469a90b310aaf896a430"><enum>204.</enum><header>Environmental justice protections at covered facilities</header><subsection id="idbe1392f9ee4a4d3a8d9cf3b6cdcb3a11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idffc7a96ef8ea498fa6cb820dc21ea674"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community of color</header><text>The term <term>community of color</term> means a geographically distinct area in which the percentage of the population of the community represented by people of color is higher than the percentage of the population of the State represented by people of color.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12f134c0b8734cdcae8c58c63e82463b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The term <term>consultation</term> means the meaningful and timely process of—</text><subparagraph id="id1568db40af5746d5a8d042142bd3b5ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seeking, discussing, and carefully considering the views of fenceline communities in a manner that is cognizant of the values of all parties; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id29c57296035e46b0b353ac58d24f8f0b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>when feasible, seeking agreement among the parties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6785f9aa338a4403a8250a2d6980bc58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered facility</header><text>The term <term>covered facility</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id0133e318db674f82a4caee1c20ba6413"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an industrial facility that transforms petrochemical gas and liquids into ethylene and propylene for later conversion into plastic polymers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c23f301cfd4418e8d0b1ab7701a42a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an industrial facility that transforms ethylene and propylene into any other chemical for later conversion into plastic polymers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida4a3b0c093c14d4198f4b44be5719321"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a plastic polymerization, monomer, polymer, or resin production facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb6b9b8e6d8c48ba89590d030b86122f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an industrial facility that depolymerizes or otherwise breaks down plastic polymers into chemical feedstocks for use in new products or as fuel;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideafd6cc39530438ebb9c77daa60172a4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an industrial facility that converts, including through pyrolysis or gasification, plastic polymers into chemical feedstocks;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7cb80353905a443b95798e0721651e4e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an industrial facility that generates fuel or energy from plastic polymers through waste-to-fuel technology, an incinerator, pyrolysis, gasification, or other similar technology, as determined by the Administrator; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb207eab177224c359d4f0b7769a3b0d7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an industrial facility that produces a chemical feedstock for use in the plastics manufacturing industry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf78267311e9c4ff793d7e4accdc97722"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Covered product</header><text>The term <term>covered product</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idc6eabfe8f00d4b13ba1874b97f643135"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ethylene;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5158703c65547c8a07a2803f126a572"><enum>(B)</enum><text>propylene; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30b695182c6f40ffad110c8b2032edf1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>raw plastic materials in any form, including pellets, resin, nurdles, powder, and flakes, including—</text><clause id="idF24EB157F91C461993DC99B37AB82EFF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>polyethylene terephthalate (commonly referred to as <quote>PET</quote> or <quote>PETE</quote>);</text></clause><clause id="id6BB5AFF278CC473ABEDD055C48B6786D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>high-density polyethylene (commonly referred to as <quote>HDPE</quote>);</text></clause><clause id="id80E8DA80E85B40D7B5C4BB45B7FE2749"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>low-density polyethylene (commonly referred to as <quote>LDPE</quote>);</text></clause><clause id="idCE3E105C7E46451AAE91E7D1A86B3E9B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>polypropylene (commonly referred to as <quote>PP</quote>);</text></clause><clause id="id068C304C0D8C484683BFF027009C6648"><enum>(v)</enum><text>polyvinyl chloride (commonly referred to as <quote>PVC</quote>);</text></clause><clause id="idE23C30BCF4E34E3E9F2D9AF16F1969BB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>polystyrene (commonly referred to as <quote>PS</quote>); and</text></clause><clause id="id3d71a29176884c9dae9d09042583571c"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any other plastic polymer determined to be appropriate by the Administrator.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E376BFE13F148E781F586C5F78AA48C"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental justice</header><text>The term <term>environmental justice</term> means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all individuals, regardless of race, color, national origin, educational level, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies to ensure that—</text><subparagraph id="id4782C471E7CF4C809142D45F9FCCDFD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>communities with significant populations of racial minorities, communities of color, Indigenous communities, and low-income communities have full access to public information and opportunities for meaningful public participation with respect to human health and environmental planning, regulations, and enforcement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4C23590C96F4A378496830FFBB5608E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no community described in subparagraph (A) is exposed to a disproportionate burden of the negative human health and environmental impacts of pollution or other environmental hazards; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6DE571E059BA457AB385104FA64ACAF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the 17 principles described in the document entitled <quote>The Principles of Environmental Justice</quote>, written and adopted at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit convened on October 24 through 27, 1991, in Washington, DC, are upheld. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id54db665bfb2a4810ae55823b1ce103d4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Fenceline community</header><subparagraph id="id54b115a816964944abb679ada8636ae0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>fenceline community</term> means a community located near a covered facility that has experienced, as a result of that location—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabf280c4df5d469da98961c021e309ff"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">negative impacts on human health and the environment; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60de541173184021a1c7ab6c7dc52e1e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">systemic socioeconomic disparity or another form of injustice with respect to policies, regulations, or enforcement.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d7d8d4ea8534099a4965bc8fa0ddc5d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>fenceline community</term> includes a low-income community, an Indigenous community, and a community of color.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc29ea220fe954616869534a338a005e9" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Indigenous community</header><text>The term <term>Indigenous community</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idc30984f9055a49c5acfed6beb2a43462"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a federally recognized Indian Tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide05dab26ffec4a6bbfd19bd79fde0389"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a State-recognized Indian Tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5be5162bc887431aae28dec6daa1bdc8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian community or organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c278da2089c4f72b7a2ae878bb7929b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other community of Indigenous individuals, including communities in other countries.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1cf042e3ff8d41ab8505478f1a2aa1ff"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Limited English proficiency individual</header><text>The term <term>limited English proficiency individual</term> means an individual that—</text><subparagraph id="id8f909d203ebd49d2a366ca4a2473ae13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not speak English as their primary language; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3cd0fccef9a4269b19cc37813ade3b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a limited ability to read, speak, write, or understand English.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf84ced12b3284ba9b4397186c02dcdef"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Low-income community</header><text>The term <term>low-income community</term> means any census block group in which 30 percent or more of the population are individuals with an annual household income equal to, or less than, the greater of—</text><subparagraph id="id924bce0570224156a59c6e29e4eab226"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an amount equal to 80 percent of the median income of the area in which the household is located, as reported by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb378db447a814e8e91f90d21132a6941"><enum>(B)</enum><text>200 percent of the Federal poverty line.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id816276a7afea47c69dbf489fb69cbffc"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Material recovery facility</header><text>The term <term>material recovery facility</term> means a solid waste management facility that processes materials for reuse or recycling.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1058b4bcb8af4da39cc65181d02e8e68"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Meaningful</header><text>The term <term>meaningful</term>, with respect to involvement by the public in a determination by a Federal agency, means that—</text><subparagraph id="id32cf38f8db664787af34543d9b921a7c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>potentially affected residents of a community have an appropriate opportunity to participate in decisions relating to a proposed activity that will affect the environment or public health of the community;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id768a0333f02c458e95cae76c4bd7d483"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the public contribution can influence the determination by the Federal agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b47a1c98a354fb69199a6907a18092d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the concerns of all participants are taken into consideration in the decision-making process; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90812334e39b4216950e695a05e681d3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Federal agency—</text><clause id="id43f63fdbbe0e49feb397c80e458a8115"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides to potentially affected members of the public accurate information, including identifying limited English proficiency individuals who need language assistance, implementing accessible language assistance measures, and providing notice to limited English proficiency individuals for effective engagement in decisions; and</text></clause><clause id="idb4a7ad5fee4b49ecbbab339c8af4105c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>facilitates the involvement of potentially affected members of the public.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc4def2b1b185425abaf7e29f736db9b1"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Temporary pause period</header><text>The term <term>temporary pause period</term> means the period—</text><subparagraph id="id87f5d411eb0a4fb9bce22ee0bf156740"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6f7760a1e1647ce9e7268f52ee28294"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ending on the date that is the first date on which—</text><clause id="id960f6020e3db4ccaa436c26584ac1768"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all regulations and final rules required under subsections (d), (e), and (f) are in effect; and</text></clause><clause id="id900d0b79b14447ff95f6229c01d233ca"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amendments made by subsection (i) are fully implemented.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3955e2c80a5f41039f53b7c47022e841"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Translation services</header><text>The term <term>translation services</term> means professional language translation and interpretation for oral communications, and translation for written documents and notices, in any language spoken by more than 5 percent of the population residing within a fenceline community.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7890f602e9d245958152d9b94a1d1710"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Academies study of plastics industry</header><paragraph id="ide30748d444e7475cb543062714e86187"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreement</header><subparagraph id="ida11ea230734e44589988e582144b0900"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall offer to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study of—</text><clause id="id94ecd347ab82419c9396159f25a7a8ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the existing and planned expansion of the industry of producers of covered products, including the entire supply chain, the extraction and refining of fossil fuels and polymer feedstocks, chemical recycling efforts, end uses, disposal fate, and lifecycle impacts of covered products;</text></clause><clause id="id861dda49c9d845339a0e0d862996a752"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the environmental, public health, environmental justice, and pollution impacts of covered facilities and the products of covered facilities;</text></clause><clause id="idb7021f729e724a298283d84a81d49b01"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the use of additives in the production of covered products and the consequences of those additives on public health;</text></clause><clause id="id1067014cb1fc48bcbd2148709c385615"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the existing standard technologies and practices of covered facilities with respect to the discharge and emission of pollutants into the environment;</text></clause><clause id="idedd743493f2647069c98af41070c4e33"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the best available technologies and practices that reduce or eliminate the environmental justice and pollution impacts of covered facilities, associated infrastructure of covered facilities, and the products of covered facilities; and</text></clause><clause id="id2b869f2fbce94825994d83617aec50d7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the toxicity of plastic polymers, additives, and chemicals (including byproducts), including the impacts of those polymers, additives, and chemicals on—</text><subclause id="idaffd48c65ced44bdae8e21cac3a897e7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>public health;</text></subclause><subclause id="id76598690f982416f8f4f296044de08b0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the recyclability of plastic; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ide9a0f0776ebd44199910681b3029d525"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the ability to use recycled content.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d2b078afa514fa498f0bda660ec92aa"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to enter agreement</header><text>If the Administrator fails to enter into an agreement described in subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall conduct the study described in that subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33469802b9194fc2bf3480c9df449962"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The study under paragraph (1) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id3f9a5924af7f43b58b4c098474ac127d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take into consideration—</text><clause id="id8e73dc1e2a014ae59902c5cdcc4e20d4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of industries, including plastic production industries, chemical recycling industries, and the industries of other covered facilities; and</text></clause><clause id="id1106e7299c14412695f335b419d11105"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impacts of the planned expansion of those industries, including local, regional, national, and international air, water, waste, climate change, public health, and environmental justice impacts of those industries; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2aae104f08844991845be624a460f0bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommend technologies, regulations, standards, and practices, including recommendations for technologies, regulations, standards, and practices that will best carry out the regulatory modifications required under subsections (d), (e), and (g), to remediate or eliminate the local, regional, national, and international air, water, waste, climate change, public health, and environmental justice impacts of the industries described in subparagraph (A)(i).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id361fa58b647c4b0cbe8d11030ce12c68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ba2cad1dde644eab7fe201be2903264"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idad734fef298a4b7d81d97d0f4fc8b9d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permitting moratorium for covered facilities</header><paragraph id="idadb64b3f884f47099eb2dddde90be7fd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), during the temporary pause period, notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text><subparagraph id="id6363b3905be84d859fc7d43e430ac481"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator shall not issue a new permit for a covered facility under—</text><clause id="idd7c84fea037d49e5863e75e8c470820f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></clause><clause id="idecdf9bee44ee4564a59137f7a2f8d009"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1b6c862b94c44369397d4897d3e91f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall not issue a new permit for a covered facility under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1344">33 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd4681e1260db4a439e012fb343e31a90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Administrator shall object in writing under subsections (b) and (c) of section 505 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7661d">42 U.S.C. 7661d</external-xref>) or section 402(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342(d)(2)</external-xref>), as applicable, to any new permit issued to a covered facility by a State agency delegated authority under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3fbe8c4aa0184f14af9f6279f3aba071"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the export of covered products is prohibited.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13a456d5ce45467aaf04de586ba3127d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to a permit described in that paragraph for a facility that is—</text><subparagraph id="id0200f277435e49e1a5cb18a9e8c16cda"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a material recovery facility;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfde2378ed7bc4493817e666deaae3f1d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a mechanical recycling facility; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd02731228564f8bbc70736139646c85"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a compost facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4964e99d52904d1d950aa8b48e4d7226"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clean air requirements for covered facilities</header><paragraph id="id4e736242b32f48588c6c247f8ce7606f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timely revision of emissions standards</header><text>Section 111(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the fifth sentence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34396719baaf437eb88c5fdf68d4def7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>New source performance standards for certain facilities</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule—</text><subparagraph id="idf8814c3bee524552bea8ab3ba3960354"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designating petrochemical feedstock and polymer production facilities as a category of stationary source under section 111(b)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd3c6b1c127747d6b6bf8f0eb65ef942"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing new source performance standards under section 111(f)(1) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411(f)(1)</external-xref>) for the category of stationary source designated under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e516eeb24d843418945b4a7df87d2f9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Storage vessels for covered products</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule modifying section 60.112b(a) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that an owner or operator of a storage vessel containing liquid with a vapor pressure equal to not less than 5 millimeters of mercury under actual storage conditions that is regulated under that section uses—</text><subparagraph id="id2435fcd813944a20a1a6015dcf6f3e25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an internal floating roof tank connected to a volatile organic compound control device; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb036580218754ad5b3b971c17d8af458"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a fixed-roof tank connected to a volatile organic compound control device.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id439b7ee1a04f48de891c6fea4385b913"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Flaring</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule—</text><subparagraph id="id13e46d8197e34ddfa902c14e76cbc448"><enum>(A)</enum><text>modifying title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that flaring, at ground-level and elevated, shall only be permitted when necessary solely for safety reasons; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf8b52cccc7274194bbbcf31fcbae0fb0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>modifying sections 60.112b(a)(3)(ii), 60.115b(d)(1), 60.482–10a(d), 60.562–1(a)(1)(i)(C), 60.662(b), and 60.702(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that—</text><clause id="id6a4e3688b16541c68746c2a2ed519356"><enum>(i)</enum><text>references to flare standards under those sections refer to the flare standards established under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="id0e8a751132444468bf89592469be2dfc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the flare standards under those sections are, without exception, continuously applied.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id80da0fcf1b9a4f3ea17f3fa9e1e1f4b3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>SOCMI equipment leaks</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule—</text><subparagraph id="idf443e14b0bf94a58a83f0796e28933da"><enum>(A)</enum><text>modifying section 60.482–1a of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that owners and operators use process units and components with a leak-less or seal-less design;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39e85facc60d40929da3d97797b8f767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>modifying subsection (f) of that section to ensure that owners and operators use optical gas imaging monitoring pursuant to section 60.5397a of that title on a quarterly basis, unless the owner or operator receives approval from the Administrator, in writing, to use Method 21 of the Environmental Protection Agency (as described in appendix A–7 of part 60 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)) with a repair threshold of 500 parts per billion;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ddda911fc784f429f116b7076afa081"><enum>(C)</enum><text>modifying 60.482–6a of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that the use of open-ended valves or lines is prohibited unless a showing is made that the use of an open-ended valve or line is necessary for safety reasons; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7fa3a4c2955f463bbcef7c02449ba45c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>modifying subpart VVa of part 60 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that—</text><clause id="id55665376983b476baba7e740752a76c6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term <term>no detectable emissions</term> is defined to mean an instrument reading of less than 50 parts per billion above background concentrations; and</text></clause><clause id="id1749c194d7194fddbfe052010582e256"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <term>leak</term> is defined to mean an instrument reading of not less than 50 parts per billion above background concentrations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idabae3a50c0b34b5a9ac7a8f160d15210"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Natural gas-fired steam boilers</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule revising subpart Db of part 60 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that boilers or heaters located at an affected covered facility regulated under that subpart may only burn gaseous fuels, not solid fuels or liquid fuels.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b52724b18254657a0f6b1dafb1ffec9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>National emission standards for hazardous air pollutants implementation improvements</header><subparagraph id="id6994617773e6428aaeeda5c0b040f31e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Equipment leaks of benzene</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule to strike subsection (c) of section 61.112 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idce9a7e19da5548f393b3357737dc61ec"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Benzene waste operations</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule modifying subpart FF of part 61 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that—</text><clause id="id5b174a6118a34254985335223d9ddf58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the term <term>no detectable emissions</term> is defined to mean an instrument reading of less than 50 parts per billion above background concentrations; and</text></clause><clause id="id7486e90b5d934a68b1635bb270737904"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <term>leak</term> is defined to mean an instrument reading of not less than 50 parts per billion above background concentrations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idad5b02bea50345d5ad2ff042a6348140"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum achievable control technology standards for covered facilities</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall—</text><clause id="id0ef00338a1d54404923728be64bc8339"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promulgate a final rule modifying subpart YY of part 63 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that—</text><subclause id="id3c3f4bc90b064348b19c8957acb71122"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the generic maximum achievable control technology standards described in that subpart—</text><item id="id8d855a7c3f6b469087cadd7d743c8cf8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>require no detectable emissions of hazardous air pollutants, unless the Administrator—</text><subitem id="id497c6b55e84341499c84fef97b2e8704"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>determines that the maximum degree of reduction in emissions of hazardous air pollutants achievable pursuant to section 112(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7412">42 U.S.C. 7412(d)(2)</external-xref>) justifies higher limits; and</text></subitem><subitem id="idd3347e3fbe8d420ebbb1d50284488db0"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>publishes the determination under subitem (AA) and the proposed higher limits in a rulemaking;</text></subitem></item><item id="id9db8f05d7fdf4531870689fd0f786fff"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>ensure an ample margin of safety to protect public health and prevent an adverse environmental effect; and</text></item><item id="idc07715e9b23e464e85639aa887742b71"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>prevent adverse cumulative effects to fetal health, the health of children, and the health of vulnerable subpopulations; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idd10a803c519a41258e1a49095b05fb91"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the term <term>no detectable emissions</term>, as required under subclause (I)(aa), is defined to mean an instrument reading of less than 50 parts per billion above background concentrations; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id12232f3c84234257a00d389f64258a47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in promulgating the final rule pursuant to clause (i), take into consideration—</text><subclause id="id6fcda7a6850643eb954c022dbdf3bb2d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the effects and risks of exposure from cumulative sources of hazardous air pollutants under the subpart modified under that clause; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id69b046768d6c494d9a0c8711e37ed15e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the best available science, including science provided by the National Academy of Sciences.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id865ddf4f1aeb44a8b693e59a0f1d03a7"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule revising subparts DDD, NNN, and RRR and other relevant subparts of part 60 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations—</text><subparagraph id="id6909e2a5d8e54401a1f65180b398c977"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to require continuous emissions monitoring of benzene, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, other hazardous air pollutants, and filterable particulate matter for all combustion devices, including during startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions of the facilities regulated by those subparts;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb5354a9ae10b4c7d9c357b701e8180cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to require—</text><clause id="id30b60482a2ed423f99ede1437a5dd4c7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accurate and continuous recordkeeping when continuous emissions monitoring is required under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="idb35d91c21cbc4298b040e521750fc651"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the records required under clause (i) to be made available to the public in real time;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11b1a70ae74d4cfdab7ec27bb1f06dac"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to require continuous monitoring of emissions from combustion devices under section 63.658 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, filterable and condensable particulate matter, and all other relevant hazardous air pollutants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7aaeb03961b04d2f9343a0e8669a33bc"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to ensure that the continuous monitoring of combustion devices required under subparagraphs (A) and (C) are used to determine the compliance of facilities regulated by those subparts with the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfc2b8b4daa3c42b8aaf15e7ddbf023e1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clean water requirements for covered facilities</header><paragraph id="idd1448241e00542249620d73213255ae6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>BAT and NSPS standards for plastic polymer production</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule—</text><subparagraph id="idcf3f9fc1871c4733bad3caa43525b498"><enum>(A)</enum><text>modifying part 414 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that the best available technology and new source performance standard requirements under that part reflect updated best available technology and best available demonstrated control technology for all pollutants discharged by covered facilities that produce covered products, including pollutants of concern that are not regulated on the date of enactment of this Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id365b40cc3cb6444981231bed162c5047"><enum>(B)</enum><text>modifying sections 414.91(b), 414.101(b), and 414.111(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that—</text><clause id="idf4c176bc0e964fc0bea8752c2236ae7b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for new source performance standards for applicable covered facilities producing covered products, the maximum effluent limit for any 1 day and for any monthly average for the priority pollutants described in appendix A to part 423 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), is 0 milligrams per liter, unless the Administrator—</text><subclause id="id357be9b3e19b46d8b37e34273f51315f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>determines that higher limits are justified using best available demonstrated control technology; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id13be9d20f5d5468c89dabf94c874a59c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>publishes the determination under subclause (I) and the proposed higher limits in a rulemaking; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9a4e897be8ca4272a08b36222e9a9e0c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for best available technology and new source performance standards, the maximum effluent limit for any 1 day and for any monthly average for total plastic pellets and other plastic material is 0 milligrams per liter; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3bf5823decbc4c128812955a2286a4ce"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that ensures that the best available technology limitations described in part 414 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as modified under subparagraph (A)) apply to covered facilities that produce fewer than 5,000,001 pounds of covered products per year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6fd69626b2bb4e68a79a5b799cad3d73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revised effluent limitations guidelines for petrochemical feedstock and polymer production</header><subparagraph id="ida1b21be9306a4321b72eca7bd0f9c0e9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>BAT and NCPS standards</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule—</text><clause id="idba1e53c469cf4658bf02d2ab184d2df9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>modifying sections 419.23, 419.26, 419.33, and 419.36 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that the best available technology and new source performance standards reflect updated best available technology and best available demonstrated control technology for all pollutants discharged by covered facilities producing petrochemical feedstocks and polymers; and</text></clause><clause id="id07060b04f4f84c6b99e73bd77f7881cd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>modifying sections 419.26(a) and 419.36(a) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that the new source performance standards for any 1 day and for average of daily values for 30 consecutive days for the priority pollutants described in appendix A to part 423 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), is 0 milligrams per liter, unless the Administrator—</text><subclause id="id5c29e660ff314b4ead6b90c3fd8acebe"><enum>(I)</enum><text>determines that higher limits are necessary based on the best available demonstrated control technology; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1ede2b6407474de1b4a31747c7c31337"><enum>(II)</enum><text>publishes the determination under subclause (I) and the proposed higher limits in a rulemaking.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd80d4e5dab6443f9c30b6aabc64f5ce"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Runoff limitations for ethylene and propylene production</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule modifying sections 419.26(e) and 419.36(e) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that runoff limitations that reflect best available demonstrated control technology are included.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id219cc9d362114786995fc79bca350b68"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Environmental justice requirements for covered facilities</header><paragraph id="idbe514f01e662496e8efa99a335f33675"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate a final rule to ensure that—</text><subparagraph id="id4b0d1c70e9fb4955a1f438fd25fdaab6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any proposed permit to be issued by the Administrator or a State agency to which authority is delegated under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) with respect to a covered facility is accompanied by an environmental justice assessment that—</text><clause id="idc2e77620299f46348298f5393e3bc6dc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assesses the direct, indirect, and cumulative economic, environmental, and public health impacts of the proposed permit on fenceline communities; and</text></clause><clause id="idf665c699e0424a6eba8fc8760b61ba79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>proposes changes or alterations to the proposed permit that would, to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate or mitigate the impacts described in clause (i);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfbfb1e2809914eeaa4b391b074eebf48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each proposed permit and environmental justice assessment described in subparagraph (A) is delivered to applicable fenceline communities at the beginning of the public comment period for the proposed permit for purposes of notification and consultation, which shall include—</text><clause id="id67e3e9c7549f4988a1cc6040fd1e8500"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prompt notification—</text><subclause id="iddc264c3613e146928795e9dcaed70b57"><enum>(I)</enum><text>through direct means, including in non-English languages for limited English proficiency individuals;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide54cc585d473409a82fd48511f176778"><enum>(II)</enum><text>through publications likely to be obtained by residents of the fenceline community, including non-English language publications; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1c408013af744a1a94951e52635e4ec4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the form of a public hearing in the fenceline community—</text><item id="iddbfaa5811e104c11990944050c6e9a6c"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>for which public notice is provided—</text><subitem id="id2e7689af1acc4d45bd0f5706267538bd"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>not later than 60 days before the date on which the public hearing is to be held; and</text></subitem><subitem id="idddb86fae765643cf931443ed76ff0d25"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>using the means described in subclauses (I) and (II);</text></subitem></item><item id="id1e1c5a885e2a45568c9d6941cac67e43"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>for which translation services are provided; and</text></item><item id="ide4c0c10e65c44a10af0019629d01a46e"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>that is accessible through live-streaming or alternative video streaming services for which translation services are provided; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idcf0a1313e7ed4c108e686ecc1f74a92c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after the prompt notification required under clause (i), consultation that—</text><subclause id="id93797b132b3f4baba501a3826be3e019"><enum>(I)</enum><text>facilitates effective collaboration and informed policymaking that further recognizes the importance of regular communication and collaboration with fenceline communities, regardless of whether specific regulatory or policy changes are being considered;</text></subclause><subclause id="id09e2f92b66f94bbe895956c063876404"><enum>(II)</enum><text>seeks information and input from fenceline communities by soliciting the collaboration, cooperation, and participation of those fenceline communities;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1e147f19da03422c8f7f2e5ab6ed5663"><enum>(III)</enum><text>includes an in-person meeting or a telephone conference that—</text><item id="id73c73e864adb408e9e851fd8d6956c61"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is in a location, if applicable, that is selected by those engaged in the consultation to be mutually accessible to representatives of fenceline communities and applicable Federal or State government participants; and</text></item><item id="id3d8151de590141f8a50d31d77d257798"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>removes institutional and procedural impediments that adversely affect working directly with fenceline communities;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idc138cb4a51084062a18b90f14d6ffc8d"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>ensures that any health or environmental concerns raised by fenceline communities with be properly investigated and considered in decisions to grant or deny the proposed permit; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id50b4c7dbfe2f4370bf27d643346c3dfa"><enum>(V)</enum><text>explains to the representatives of the fenceline community the range of resulting actions that the Administrator or State agency may take;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3cebaa5f500742b78be50892e428ae6f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Administrator or a State agency to which authority is delegated under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>), as applicable, shall not approve a proposed permit described in subparagraph (A) unless—</text><clause id="idfb930f27d94f4f5b942b4837b72256fe"><enum>(i)</enum><text>changes or alterations have been incorporated into the revised proposed permit that, to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate or mitigate the impacts described in subparagraph (A)(i);</text></clause><clause id="id5fb90d22bb6c4c9c8fc442cfee32291f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the changes or alterations described in clause (i) have been developed with meaningful input from residents or representatives of the fenceline community in which the covered facility to which the proposed permit would apply is located or seeks to locate; and</text></clause><clause id="id8b653df4943b4488992a9df9a0b1d019"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the permit includes a community benefit agreement that—</text><subclause id="id3ca8e1006d4049fc9be542d259eb0691"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has been entered into after the prompt notification and consultation required under clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, of subparagraph (B); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1bdf67243413497eaeb0b211b074113b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>stipulates the benefits the covered facility agrees to fund or furnish in exchange for community support for the covered facility, which may include—</text><item id="ide5a304429f024dfdae5725bd25749d3d"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>commitments to hire directly from a community;</text></item><item id="iddf8765ad24b748ab9da728bc80d627ee"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>contributions to economic and health trust funds;</text></item><item id="idfafd7b0595224f0ab5682974ac024f85"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>local workforce training guarantees;</text></item><item id="id338ce732babd4849a6e8f2754854d690"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>increased pollution control technologies;</text></item><item id="ide66b3b55497e4bc8a0efef5189cd25d3"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>operation restrictions;</text></item><item id="idbce39fbc0a274ed19d50db5158fcf5f6"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>financial assurances; and</text></item><item id="id840db292221c4d6687da1aac2369be7d"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>siting restrictions;</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8906b5f6f1f34ff2b75d468f89ee2f29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Administrator or a State agency to which authority is delegated under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>), as applicable, shall not approve a proposed permit described in subparagraph (A) during the 45-day period beginning on the date on which a public hearing described in subparagraph (B)(i)(III) is held for the proposed permit;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id093a0a2acf5b416d9e2d482e18d4a9ab"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the approval of a proposed permit described in subparagraph (A) is conditioned on the covered facility providing—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78807afe3c744968b05a04ca1fa7bc3e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">response strategies that fully protect public health and safety and the environment in fenceline communities, for which the affected fenceline communities have the opportunity to provide meaningful input; and </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4bddd968933475f9e9547207739a75f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subparagraph (F)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c91feef51724afba72de2538f0fc39b"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comprehensive, continuous, real-time monitoring of ambient air quality—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a5f6bb0fa974e469bc7e4833d988db1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">around the perimeter of the covered facility; and</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6191bbff9d345e6ab05e4febe865247"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any areas that can reasonably be impacted by the covered facility;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id02ab3a4f908744d28d1d9152c43418b2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>water quality testing of wastewater discharges from the covered facility; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71d7abdb22384ecaa337ab416b9aaf3e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>regardless of whether a permit has been sought or issued with respect to the chemical, each covered facility shall conduct appropriate air and water quality monitoring and testing relating to each chemical produced at the covered facility in a quantity of more than 100 pounds per year, and each chemical produced at the covered facility that is emitted in excess of the applicable level permitted under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>), as applicable, to ensure that any discharge of such a chemical into the air or water shall be—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf564a5d5f9be448cbe63966ad90b62c1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reported to the Administrator by not later than 48 hours after receipt of the test result; and</text></clause><clause id="id8b23c6c003a6475da05b976466ed8210" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if a release of information to the public is not limited due to confidentiality concerns, made publicly available in accordance with subclauses (I) and (II) of subparagraph (B)(i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60f18540cf974d0ea6dec4357414399c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><subparagraph id="id65ee920fd47749b48be59c7e8ccabf5a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Input</header><text>The Administrator shall develop the final rule under paragraph (1) with meaningful input from—</text><clause id="id29f98459fbf34ab3b6ee690ff8a15bf7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>residents of fenceline communities; and</text></clause><clause id="idaaf752eadbe14523ace81d88ef7a80d4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>representatives of fenceline communities.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd584408100349acad2fada078ce86cd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Community consultation</header><text>In carrying out consultation under paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the Administrator and each State agency to which authority is delegated under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) shall establish a dedicated position that—</text><clause id="id09b1fdb560b4464aa52210ae4b89969c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>supports fenceline communities in understanding the technical nuances of the permit and regulatory process; and</text></clause><clause id="id8a77a90934e942bd891abcdd7d256343"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accounts for limited English proficiency individuals.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2bb11915be934f3caf963ebcf6308afd"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to Congress on State permitting programs</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the final rule required under paragraph (1) is published in the Federal Register, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the implementation by States of required environmental justice considerations pursuant to that final rule in State permitting programs under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92e59dea76e84de99cdd4ff60167fd4b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Toxic substances</header><paragraph id="id275fd357e4044016bc43c11411078c19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inventory and reporting</header><text>Section 8(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2607">15 U.S.C. 2607(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id330B9DB4574A49F78CDCC7B8A918DA80"><paragraph id="id02b2d8572b49480e95f6d7d19f16b38a"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Plastics</header><subparagraph id="id4764522687c34c6d9a8d20b694283333"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause id="idc45ba7983e8844cd838e88ade4647fb7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Covered facility; covered product</header><text>The terms <term>covered facility</term> and <term>covered product</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>.</text></clause><clause id="id5a3a1fbb69be4598b35bd5d2cfd6bb42"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Plastic; single-use plastic</header><text>The terms <term>plastic</term> and <term>single-use plastic</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 203 of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31343f8b2a6b41e499ca277c7e1367bb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text>Not later than April 1, 2025, and every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall prepare, and publish in the Federal Register, an inventory of plastic manufacturing, distribution in commerce, and trade in the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2a022f6a4f74a8ab2ee9463537ddef8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Process</header><text>In preparing the inventory under subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall—</text><clause id="id089252464c5745ff8079d21fa3e659e0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify—</text><subclause id="ide44860569e05493ab2e7ad2f7280e1a7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>each covered facility; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9682d0d4e79d431fa90e74c235c16a02"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other manufacturer of plastic products;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1274a540807c443ca825f512440ed880"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identify—</text><subclause id="id86809278ab594531b8b7b00576d4c8ca"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the monomers and polymers associated with plastic production;</text></subclause><subclause id="id71bdddc4e8604d7c9f95762c89930dfb"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the types or uses of plastic products manufactured; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id37a01e76a74e4546ab2c134c1b405c3f"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the associated quantities of polymer and product manufacture and uses;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id68327ef8ae57465c8daf8ae125387d55"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>quantify the single-use plastics manufactured—</text><subclause id="id332d0edc74854c1eaabe594dc3e8d7f8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the aggregate; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id0ac0942bfb224f228721ab8f8903b84e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by use category;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id165f8faaafe74006953bc60f7356e2b2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>quantify the percentage of post-consumer recycled material content of feedstocks for manufacture of the types of plastic products identified under clause (ii)(II);</text></clause><clause id="ide98701e676494d2bb90dcd1f8b9943fa"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide information and quantified estimates regarding the fate of the plastic products at the end of useful life;</text></clause><clause id="id13fae61c7c424684903fff420d9ae496"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>identify the chemicals used in polymer or plastic production that may pose a potential risk to human health and the environment, taking into account the data reported under subparagraph (D)(i), which shall include, at a minimum, the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of subsection (a)(2);</text></clause><clause id="id799feed1a675444f93afce82b1084a8d"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>specify any chemicals identified under clause (vi)—</text><subclause id="id087ba78aa1d6410c86541603d8c01b95"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that are undergoing regulatory action under section 6; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id6884f573cdbf429d9a3dbebefca3480f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for which regulatory action under section 6 is anticipated during the following 3 years;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9ea5d140c3cc43e19456bd4f640d2914"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>for each chemical identified under clause (vi) that is not specified under clause (vii), provide a timetable for regulatory action under section 6 and any other recommended actions, including proposed revisions of Federal law or regulations, to achieve further reductions in plastic manufacture or distribution in commerce; and</text></clause><clause id="id47c8d6ad37a14dd798ecc7ccbf1b0494"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>propose revisions to Federal law or regulations to achieve further reductions in plastic manufacture or distribution in commerce.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62c6e2d6e2c54d13bf52cfa5cee01119"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reporting</header><clause id="id6ce71a99565b47fa86c4f8161d4759a2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To assist in the preparation of the inventory under subparagraph (B), notwithstanding section 3(2)(B), each person that manufactures a covered product used in plastic production, and each person that manufactures a plastic product, shall submit to the Administrator periodic reports at such time and including such information as the Administrator shall determine, by rule.</text></clause><clause id="idd7fe240190fa4cccba5c0e7022a2dc5f"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Promulgation of rule</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2024, the Administrator shall promulgate the rule described in clause (i).</text></clause><clause id="id697929ff8750450bac2088b72c5fa74e"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Previously submitted information</header><text>To avoid duplication, information previously submitted to the Administrator under this section may be considered to be partially compliant with the reporting requirements of this subparagraph if the information previously submitted is an accurate reflection of the current information.</text></clause><clause id="id12ee1a260b3748c3a225a19ddea56f2d"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Administrator shall make available to the public, in an accessible database, the reports submitted under clause (i), in accordance with section 14.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idb25a2d35e974485a8fb16806c3a4b697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cumulative health risks posed by covered facilities</header><subparagraph id="id5addf21a2a4e45078f29fda1f4c6969c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text><clause id="id0e801e00629442cfb626ef3a7096745b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Chemical substance; mixture</header><text>The terms <term>chemical substance</term> and <term>mixture</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2602">15 U.S.C. 2602</external-xref>).</text></clause><clause id="idde5efe3fa0384aec9117f962c1b2589a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Covered facility</header><text>The term <term>covered facility</term> means a covered facility identified in the inventory.</text></clause><clause id="id8b3a0a5aa4ff44d688c6e6a6acf78f6c"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text>The term <term>inventory</term> means the inventory published under paragraph (11) of section 8(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2607">15 U.S.C. 2607(b)</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3a18782312164369b17161f350e1759d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>Not later than April 1, 2027, taking into account the inventory, the Administrator shall conduct a single assessment of the aggregate, cumulative public health impacts on fenceline communities at covered facilities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5b70173884fa4c92876aae19f8fe0f00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The assessment under subparagraph (B) shall—</text><clause id="id19a8a695aaa04f069e0850c250aa190e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ascertain the potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations;</text></clause><clause id="ide46d48d76a3545169ba7a280fdfdbee6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>estimate the magnitude of the potential health impacts on—</text><subclause id="id1bac6e519a284e1bb4b53ffc34e04e8d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fenceline communities generally; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id495cf067f6c344c2872c98eef70c35fa"><enum>(II)</enum><text>more exposed or susceptible subpopulations specifically;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id67a4a9bb08494d97bd33e9f3476e4060"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>determine which chemical substances or mixtures may be causing or contributing to potential adverse public health impacts;</text></clause><clause id="idaacd047994194dce999c21db95fc6596"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>include an assessment of—</text><subclause id="id98c8142c8f9e485bbef41831ecbf8833"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the cumulative exposures associated with covered facilities from all chemicals used to make plastic polymers;</text></subclause><subclause id="id752fcd19a8c64dfebd681714966ab696"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the chemical substances (including plastic polymers, additives, and byproducts) produced from—</text><item id="id7942e075c26c425587872d224382f5c7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the use of the plastic polymers as feedstocks for other chemicals; and</text></item><item id="id81631af7299446a6ac43d605fedf52f6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>waste-to-fuel technology; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id34e0206bd7194e44804fb5db9c6cf73c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the impact of chemical substances (including plastic polymers, additives, and byproducts) on—</text><item id="id0eccdbe3b8d14d2c8fc9fd788c4c3073"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the recyclability of plastics;</text></item><item id="idddb0c35e891c4b709c6ee18b3e9e0001"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the use of recycled content in food contact products and packaging; and</text></item><item id="idee33ef67a22848eda5ed1c0aec3d3893"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>public health; and</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idd40e48d76a0147d3861d8061312e83e5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>focus on—</text><subclause id="idc662b5aee22242278c44807cf2958d38"><enum>(I)</enum><text>communities located near covered facilities;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1c537749f3bd4fccbc42e3a9e51f41f1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>workers at covered facilities;</text></subclause><subclause id="id7df86483ebf04370a5d70bad60f2eafe"><enum>(III)</enum><text>other potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idb0a46b85b25142f59b31c3f5528a49fd"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>impacts in other countries resulting from—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58605d66fe4948ed9fbbd3d078571603"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">volatile organic compounds, metals, and other toxic additives and air emissions of foreign recycling facilities; </text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a459dadc63942b193f35d11281e8655"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export from the United States of plastic products, intermediary products (such as pellets), and plastic waste from covered facilities;</text></item><item id="id7b825c37d3a7442eaca9a8b4e3102dff"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>disposal and management of unrecycled fractions from the exports described in item (bb);</text></item><item id="idcb933e4a5732461eb50dce4b5c61fd67"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>water and land pollution resulting from importation of those exports; and</text></item><item id="id52c748c9ee2c449e80e792b6cae3ff88"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>the legality of those imports, including under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, done at Basel, Switzerland, March 22, 1989.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideef54b1b0f4f460891a748d49057c2eb"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Procedural requirements</header><text>The assessment under subparagraph (B) shall be subject to—</text><clause id="id280ccf92defb465888ed38e249d8b94d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public notice and an opportunity for public comment; and</text></clause><clause id="id6760d4fe495f4bfa89097b92079a0838"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>peer review by the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals established under section 26(o) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2625">15 U.S.C. 2625(o)</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddc05c355d6ba40e2b503cfca5bebfc2d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>High-priority substances</header><subparagraph id="idcdbd16669a1e4607b5bd01b4280bc187"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Styrene and vinyl chloride</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, after public notice and an opportunity for comment, shall make a final prioritization determination under section 6(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2605">15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(1)</external-xref>) relating to—</text><clause id="id4f4d32cb08a842039e7b8e5357783fba"><enum>(i)</enum><text>styrene (including polystyrene); and</text></clause><clause id="id5597c2e799854a13a1008a354c30e245"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>vinyl chloride (including polyvinyl chloride).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide8ee4bfa829a47d59cc325f15739f9ea"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other chemicals or mixtures</header><text>With respect to any chemical substances or mixtures (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2602">15 U.S.C. 2602</external-xref>)) not described in subparagraph (A) and identified in the assessment under paragraph (2) as causing or contributing to potential adverse public health impacts, the Administrator shall—</text><clause id="id7aa13ea36d284120983a3fb2a8a4eca6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include those chemical substances or mixtures in any subsequently published inventory; and</text></clause><clause id="id9211f6d7e4f745b181eef2691c0b5a2d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specify applicable timetables for action as part of the inventory in accordance with clause (vii) or (viii) of paragraph (11) of section 8(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2607">15 U.S.C. 2607(b)</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd53e0537001c4b0daae6c59f19da185c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><subparagraph id="idece9029a4fde46e8aa0f3864e8e2412a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection and the amendments made by this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda305d96a87248709f0528874e044f86"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maintenance of funding</header><text>The funding provided under this paragraph shall supplement, not supplant, other Federal funding to carry out the Toxic Substances Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2601">15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb1512d1e62a849ca9de3c5f94ef4887f"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Hazardous waste</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate a rulemaking to list discarded polyvinyl chloride as a hazardous waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id86d89e1b50394fb28266785e19765063"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Cumulative impact requirements for covered facilities</header><paragraph id="idad1892da83da4ab7a00d925578b159af"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal Water Pollution Control Act</header><text>Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id8e83cea182374df19253ef56c74fe4c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Except as</quote> in subsection (a)(1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id799BC9B2182E4E3F95BA60E3EA5178A2"><section id="id9926cd66a55c4ee882373e287a3cc684"><enum>402.</enum><header>National pollutant discharge elimination system</header><subsection id="id35d46fb3e2eb4962923a6d8fb7140357"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permits issued by Administrator</header><paragraph id="idd1d7830f4a5749e38ffa72577bb33cae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8d18eace685c4413af0e10c6773bf06e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="id000e1096d3ad47a9ad724f8227fa0a14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subclause id="id4ad89fbf736e4706a423926f6ff04a8f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>upon condition that such discharge will meet either (A) all</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2F4F13DDB9EE46C3954B0B527E0436AE"><text>subject to the conditions that—</text><subparagraph id="id7a9eb9e352f047468a7b16d39580998f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the discharge will achieve compliance with—</text><clause id="id47cac200f56a47aeadecd951ee0d910c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id2db01cf55cda40edbad70b135a87d950"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>403 of this Act, or (B) prior</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE23BD782DDC24FFF91FA1D2A2FFED0C1"><text>403; or</text><clause id="id52848b29cef14f9e81e58ba0d3d645cf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prior</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id986229d7e22640699f2adb4ec7ad0a7b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this Act.</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9980FC50F65245D8B484B4B61D750584"><text>this Act; and</text><subparagraph id="ida090c64887ee40d68efe843df663bb91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as applicable, with respect to the issuance or renewal of the permit to a covered facility (as defined in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>)—</text><clause id="id48b2d8ac2a174fd3be25176356cd07b1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>based on an analysis by the Administrator of existing water quality and the potential cumulative impacts (as defined in section 501 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7661">42 U.S.C. 7661</external-xref>)) of the discharge from the covered facility (as so defined), considered in conjunction with the designated and actual uses of the impacted navigable water, there exists a reasonable certainty of no harm to the health of the general population, or to any potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation; or</text></clause><clause id="id5411232a5bc145bea9f10b8889b13128"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Administrator determines that, due to those potential cumulative impacts, there does not exist a reasonable certainty of no harm to the health of the general population, or to any potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation, the permit or renewal includes such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines to be necessary to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id31dfb43435f44e57a85fd357e1e633f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>assure compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, including conditions on data and information collection, reporting, and such other requirements as he deems appropriate.</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5007C08EE0A84762AB77B94D53D206DF"><text>ensure compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1), including—</text><subparagraph id="id34d648c50cc04cbcb42e6f9d612ddb07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conditions relating to—</text><clause id="idbb6c9d296457435b93d7984d4cb8491c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>data and information collection;</text></clause><clause id="id64b032f9d96a42d6a495b1c5e1a06dbf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reporting; and</text></clause><clause id="id7ac1d9aca68c423ca082b6ae1b13a23f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such other requirements as the Administrator determines to be appropriate; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6031b162bd244015b81348947d55f50e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to covered facilities (as defined in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>) additional controls or pollution prevention requirements.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38f3f958b988493ea46a770eac4f5e2c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="idd2461b6080d84ac3a1a41c10c92d8511"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in each of paragraphs (1)(D), (2)(B), and (3) through (7), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period;</text></clause><clause id="id7d0b5c8fdcab4c8f8b8b481b10391a55"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text></clause><clause id="idbdba29e57cb34877a0146a6560e7e76a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613F51E3618C422B97565A796C9C44F5"><paragraph id="id8926b2760b534955807dd1f59454f817"><enum>(10)</enum><text>To ensure that no permit will be issued to or renewed for a covered facility (as defined in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>) if, with respect to an application for the permit, the State determines, based on an analysis by the State of existing water quality and the potential cumulative impacts (as defined in section 501 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7661">42 U.S.C. 7661</external-xref>)) of the discharge from the covered facility (as so defined), considered in conjunction with the designated and actual uses of the impacted navigable water, that the terms and conditions of the permit or renewal would not be sufficient to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm to the health of the general population, or to any potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a9b73effd2843e5b8439e03d91fb089"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clean Air Act</header><subparagraph id="idf1daddd5a07a41848ddcfffba83c2d73"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 501 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7661">42 U.S.C. 7661</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id6acdb8965d6c41d69cf48744440a1645"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>As used in this title—</quote> and inserting <quote>In this title:</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="id2bd85fe066284904ab869b11cc2dc63a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (5), and (4), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order; and</text></clause><clause id="id1a39514295754471bd376f96060a6b37"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5883850513CF4385942F7D732F4D2906"><paragraph id="idc894c7f260fc4730a3b644a9225197fd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cumulative impacts</header><text>The term <term>cumulative impacts</term> means any exposure, public health or environmental risk, or other effect occurring in a specific geographical area, including from an emission or release—</text><subparagraph id="id8429f0123d3348229f3b15110f2644f5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>including—</text><clause id="id12b4895327eb4a4db7a3007ee2013e84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>environmental pollution released—</text><subclause id="idfa98533d1a434c7a98fd31e643a25225"><enum>(I)</enum><text>routinely;</text></subclause><subclause id="id288ef27a68804296a3890774fd810f87"><enum>(II)</enum><text>accidentally; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idc40fe4ac1fbb4ae6a4e2f02536641a1e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>otherwise; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1d39edc77567435d87f3f82334bc9def"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as assessed based on the combined past, present, and reasonably foreseeable emissions and discharges affecting the geographical area; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id314a16c2b3274e68b7a46847f813312d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluated taking into account sensitive populations and socioeconomic factors, where applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23241dd2f27943cf907916258c80c8ba"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Permit programs</header><text>Section 502(b) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7661a">42 U.S.C. 7661a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="id5728d2296e454ca08ab518fae7e03fe1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text><subclause id="idbdd0957d06c44d1987470a9c6a236986"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (A) and (C), by striking <quote>assure</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>ensure</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id68e09bb1a8d2494c9df1f9f98a04a97f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id428D4C48558E499BBFA3F44B43A1E11E"><subparagraph id="id24742ae3028c4f488bf06b4cb4df73b3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensure that no permit will be issued to or renewed for a covered facility (as defined in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>), as applicable, if—</text><clause id="idbe00f930252c4a2f90e3bed6eb0eed83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to an application for a permit or renewal of a permit for a major source that is a covered facility (as defined in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>), the permitting authority determines under paragraph (9)(C)(ii)(I)(bb)(BB) that the terms and conditions of the permit or renewal would not be sufficient to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm to the health of the general population, or to any potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation, of the applicable census tracts or Tribal census tracts (as those terms are defined by the Director of the Bureau of the Census); or</text></clause><clause id="id7232b46269c84c849a230776f495355a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator objects to the issuance of the permit in a timely manner under this title.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id4353802ff06641dabd51b66b12bcfe37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text><subclause id="ida0a9110790b34ed9b59a6e568368465e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>Such permit revision</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F0D268C345C4489B4E1A54BDFFFF088"><clause id="idd89983a6a4d449cb96d94b8e486d14b2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Treatment as renewal</header><text>A permit revision under this paragraph</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="idfd3edca667b94ead9b17fb6efd7a167a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>No such revision shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE590A1B5389247A486166A3CCBFAD47E"><clause id="id49dba2f4b8ef484489dd934ee3e33bc5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A revision under this paragraph shall not</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="idc613d2e5d2764abf965c208ade9eec20"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Such revisions</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58553F7A9EE94AABB9527FA2B012F077"><subparagraph id="id01aec7dba296453b9d1ad2ee2d1ab3bf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Revision requirements</header><clause id="idf0b8f498b0d54ac881e3a577abc36b3f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>A revision described in subparagraph (A) or (C)</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="idcd57cd98574d4515bcc4a5822ecada36"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(9) A requirement</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA6C52EFA9E14CACA353B750A4724AE8"><paragraph id="ide6aa525506cf4ddca8dfbccfb78f78ec"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Major sources</header><subparagraph id="id6e067ed2c80e442f9f5cb9e1b8c2dced"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), a requirement that</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id5a4cb2371a6a4813967b96a8d95fe2a1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD19930D62306436995AF3A7686E28DD2"><subparagraph id="id2b16e50145584c4c8f43c38bad9bf996"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certain plastics facilities</header><clause id="idbffeb97c03d64df887d516f0dd6ea74b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition of covered facility</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>covered facility</term> has the meaning given the term in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>.</text></clause><clause id="id0a5c12073b78431baa18e63f0162f7fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text>With respect to any permit or renewal of a permit, as applicable, for a major source that is a covered facility, the permitting authority, in determining whether to issue or renew the permit, shall—</text><subclause id="id1d6992f79a1a4d34a3488c9c523800c8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>evaluate the potential cumulative impacts of the proposed covered facility, as described in the applicable cumulative impacts analysis submitted under section 503(b)(3);</text></subclause><subclause id="id65b911ff98b64fbc8a078605fe25bb0b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if, due to those potential cumulative impacts, the permitting authority cannot determine that there exists a reasonable certainty of no harm to the health of the general population, or to any potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation, of any census tracts or Tribal census tracts (as those terms are defined by the Director of the Bureau of the Census) located in, or immediately adjacent to, the area in which the covered facility is, or is proposed to be, located—</text><item id="idd3c602ea2d0443d69905635135f78c1e"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>include in the permit or renewal such terms and conditions (including additional controls or pollution prevention requirements) as the permitting authority determines to be necessary to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm; or</text></item><item id="id80b5ffd5865748e7a4e34daa327b8187"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if the permitting authority determines that terms and conditions described in item (aa) would not be sufficient to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm, deny the issuance or renewal of the permit;</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idff08065e83a5442e810198691b76d925"><enum>(III)</enum><text>determine whether the applicant is a persistent violator, based on such criteria relating to the history of compliance by an applicant with this Act as the Administrator shall establish by not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>;</text></subclause><subclause id="idd72704f99b374c9d931995819502199c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>if the permitting authority determines under subclause (III) that the applicant is a persistent violator and the permitting authority does not deny the issuance or renewal of the permit pursuant to subclause (V)(bb)—</text><item id="id647460620a09427d91baa954c4899004"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>require the applicant to submit a redemption plan that describes, if the applicant is not in compliance with this Act, measures the applicant will carry out to achieve that compliance, together with an approximate deadline for that achievement, measures the applicant will carry out, or has carried out to ensure the applicant will remain in compliance with this Act, and to mitigate the environmental and health effects of noncompliance, and the measures the applicant has carried out in preparing the redemption plan to consult or negotiate with the communities affected by each persistent violation addressed in the plan; and</text></item><item id="idfbc5fd4644a2446a9e99b0a1a0f18cf2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>once such a redemption plan is submitted, determine whether the plan is adequate to ensuring that the applicant will achieve compliance with this Act expeditiously, will remain in compliance with this Act, will mitigate the environmental and health effects of noncompliance, and has solicited and responded to community input regarding the redemption plan; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id264ad12bd63848adbce42a6df08a6dad"><enum>(V)</enum><text>deny the issuance or renewal of the permit if the permitting authority determines that—</text><item id="idf314d11ab95343f0a3158fe072b423ad"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the redemption plan submitted under subclause (IV)(aa) is inadequate; or</text></item><item id="id7684565660f04debbdbabb4575fa7c83"><enum>(bb)</enum><subitem commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id679e3c3b33334701a5258a73404bfe00"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>the applicant has submitted a redemption plan on a prior occasion, but continues to be a persistent violator; and</text></subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ca1e7b576554d7788f482e12f5bcaaf" indent="up1"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no indication of extremely exigent circumstances excusing the persistent violations exists.</text></subitem></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12402cdc95864331992eb203861ee0ec"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Permit applications</header><text>Section 503(b) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7661b">42 U.S.C. 7661b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id232C7719B69741D5BD738B39F78C3D34"><paragraph id="id5e6566da919349f78e39be6eea2bd0cf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Analyses for certain plastics facilities</header><text>The regulations required by section 502(b) shall include a requirement that an applicant for a permit or renewal of a permit for a major source that is a covered facility (as defined in section 204(a) of the <short-title>Protecting Communities from Plastics Act</short-title>) shall submit, together with the compliance plan required under this subsection, a cumulative impacts analysis for each census block tract or Tribal census block tract (as those terms are defined by the Director of the Bureau of the Census) located within 10 kilometers of, or immediately adjacent to, the area in which the major source that is a covered source (as so defined) is, or is proposed to be, located that analyzes—</text><subparagraph id="id742d4394db124e5eafc7b2ffb73f74e8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>community demographics and locations of community exposure points, such as residences, schools, daycare centers, nursing homes, hospitals, health clinics, places of religious worship, parks, playgrounds, and community centers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc69b94e325d4eb7bd483cb5d8e82a3b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>air quality (including with respect to hazardous air pollutants and criteria pollutants) and the potential effect on that air quality of emissions of air pollutants (including pollutants listed under section 108 or 112) from the proposed covered facility (as so defined), including in combination with existing sources of pollutants;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc85176ad2b304b5e84e8e34be6b08dd7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the potential effects on soil quality, water quality, and fish and game of emissions of air and water pollutants that could contaminate soil or water from the proposed major source, including in combination with existing sources of pollutants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2835892a53a0405eb0e0f1350d48a87c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>public health and any potential effects on public health of the proposed covered facility (as so defined).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0b4c5d617f114df7a4d2045ce6a0b70e"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Financial assurance requirements for covered facilities</header><paragraph id="id0bb19d6d2e1b4ee9aabf7763c521ae5a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall develop and require as a condition to receiving a permit under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) financial assurance requirements for new covered facilities that demonstrate the presence of sufficient financial resources—</text><subparagraph id="id8ca5b9597a4e44dbbc1aa5773f900161"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to safely close the covered facility at the end of the operational life of the covered facility; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ea6ef61ef994df598a520b689c6ab4a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide appropriate emergency response in the case of an accidental release.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d87d16a040b47aa99d683e941e714dc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application to existing covered facilities</header><text>The financial assurance requirements under paragraph (1) shall apply to existing covered facilities at the time at which an existing covered facility seeks renewal of a permit under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>), as applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id379bcd2ae5244bc0913462c8e34eddba" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Siting restrictions for new covered facilities</header><text>The issuance or approval of a permit under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) for a new covered facility, or for the expansion of an existing covered facility, shall be prohibited within 5 miles of a community building or area, including a school, a residence, a daycare center, a nursing home, a hospital, a health clinic, a place of religious worship, a park, a playground, and a community center.</text></subsection></section><section id="id5b53b0a76f7948518e51d799faee1904"><enum>205.</enum><header>Microplastics research and directives</header><subsection id="id556fd360a68e42a1829921fd39c0c3bc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of microplastic</header><text>In this section, the term <term>microplastic</term> means a plastic or plastic-coated particle that is less than 5 millimeters in any dimension.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6b1979ebcc824e8592414b0401b28be2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Recycling Strategy limitation</header><text>The Administrator shall not expand the scope of the National Recycling Strategy of the Environmental Protection Agency to include facilities that treat plastic waste through the use of pyrolysis, gasification, or similar chemical recycling technologies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8883273a2a3243b4afc2985a8bdc2d73"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Food and Drug Administration study</header><paragraph id="idb0b5731a49824f5a8b19252440db11e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other necessary Federal departments and agencies, such as the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall conduct a nationwide study on the presence and sources of microplastics in food (including drink) products, including food products containing fish, meat, fruits, or vegetables.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d7586bf139545039c58b724c3516108"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report describing the results of the study under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71e3f7fac5154ed585d0ce772df13ad9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1d4cc0c040354ce4b3b5d5dac26b4b46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Microplastics pilot program</header><paragraph id="idc26555a6761b443a91eb731512ba9a23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the <term>pilot program</term>) to test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of tools, technologies, and techniques—</text><subparagraph id="id8df076cf389243289d978e9e37032973"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to remove microplastics from the environment without causing additional harm to the environment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id582d3653acfb4b1498c90e1f7b806b5c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prevent the release of microplastics into the environment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6500933c087346ae911ccd96595da498"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program, the Administrator shall include testing of, and an analysis and mitigation of any environmental impacts on—</text><subparagraph id="id5370b0e45a404f9fb649245926c6746d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>natural infrastructure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id275ff853a72942329bd83911255d715d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>green infrastructure (as defined in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1362">33 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7dc718eead3b4b68b9c62416a13395bc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>mechanical removal systems (such as pumps) and filtration technologies, including consideration of potential negative ecological impacts that may result from filtration in natural waterways and ocean waters.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id34adaf8153c3448388bbf24ee46f0dcb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible locations</header><text>The Administrator may carry out under the pilot program projects located in—</text><subparagraph id="id232b4c367604417aba9afcea0d4cd78b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>stormwater systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida331f3baa9ad4a74aee1ab7ed7b278a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>wastewater treatment facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3efb50c3ab494bd0a919cd61304f226d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>drinking water systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id853fcbf47b0e4b8d9c2012396dcafea3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ports, harbors, inland waterways, estuaries, and marine environments; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd4cbc248d1d42f781a97139bededa38"><enum>(E)</enum><text>roadways, highways, and other streets used for vehicular travel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea1e7be45ca64acab3b8f9bc60772b9c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>In determining selection criteria and projects to carry out under the pilot program, the Administrator shall conduct outreach to—</text><subparagraph id="id6f3a822bdfb541538f92d40a36f720a9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee established by section 5(a) of the Marine Debris Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1954">33 U.S.C. 1954(a)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id392948cd4a67401b8c3c0548f361a42f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>stakeholders and experts in the applicable field, as determined by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id955aaa8e1b3e4549a01f76b664108073"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports</header><subparagraph id="ided1cced6948342aeb35f41fe89933439"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Outreach activities</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the outreach conducted under paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66298725121b43b4bbecf94ff8763cc3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Project effectiveness</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which the Administrator establishes the pilot program, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the effectiveness of projects carried out under the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd92ac2f562f44b4785cefeb3cb34b8f5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rulemaking required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Administrator submits to Congress the report required under paragraph (5)(B), the Administrator shall initiate a rulemaking to address abatement and mitigation of microplastics in the locations described in paragraph (3) using technologies and methods tested under the pilot program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7749e4558d649e5942b5bd41b24a285"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7735bff306f04b90b899b8e995431727"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National Institutes of Health research</header><paragraph id="id8cdeee23b7e9421484a62f836a256fd3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall conduct or support research on the presence of microplastics in the human body, which may include determining how the presence of microplastics in organs and biospecimens, including urine, breastmilk, and stool, impacts human health.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab68ece8a8144797b00b2df34f246cc2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually for each of the 4 years thereafter, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report that provides an overview of the research conducted or supported under this subsection, together with any relevant findings.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8fbfced9f0564329baaa70c713b43ce0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2823d0eb01ef465eb7ac69ff7f30d7de"><enum>206.</enum><header>Reducing single-use plastics in agriculture</header><subsection id="id0f6f9554752d4af283469e4b29d44f9a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Biodegradable weed barriers practices under EQIP</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall designate a project to replace the use of on-farm plastic weed barriers and weed mitigants with nonplastic, biodegradable alternatives as an agricultural conservation practice or enhancement that meets the requirement described in section 21001(a)(1)(B)(iii) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/169">Public Law 117–169</external-xref> (136 Stat. 2016) (commonly known as the <quote>Inflation Reduction Act of 2022</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="ida4d95796a3ca4406ab71486c75436dd5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Single-Use plastic farm product packaging reduction grants</header><text>Section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1627c">7 U.S.C. 1627c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idce87da70302e424c845fd098e7c494b1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id2d22aea4006e46469d9a85615d85fc2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4e2b2877c01e4b4f8b8007fe7dd74c71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6f1afba0b29479497cbbe588a458aff"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED3CCB4CEDAD4270A85E4B1FBEACAB39"><paragraph id="id85a98d91e055490897b32c6d155634b1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>supports the reduction of single-use plastics from the post-production distribution packaging of agricultural producers; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a66a8a3dc934894a8febf7f80939b32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (g) through (j), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7410e841ed38401ca5934f19f2549228"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) of subsection (i) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (i)(3)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)(3)(E)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14a604b599fa4337806feb734b5fde64"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (i)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (j)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id223734b797de41e7b32b7fe67c65a2a5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4960d75ab6ce46c591194ac217bb1e57"><subsection id="id3db52b4a92bc4de386ec1634d29978e0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Single-Use plastic farm product packaging reduction grants</header><paragraph id="idfb8c8a3b6bd64de383c1c3eb13298ba9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service and in coordination with the Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, shall provide grants to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to significantly reduce or eliminate single-use plastics from the post-production distribution packaging of the entities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id86e6c1ed4c604373a7b9850e42f9e4b5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>An entity shall be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1) if the entity is—</text><subparagraph id="ide144af5f5dca4ca1a052f84466a270d4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an independent producer, as determined by the Secretary, of a value-added agricultural product; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc8a4cd3a76a4990beba8f6ad590a1e2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an agricultural producer group, farmer or rancher cooperative, or majority-controlled producer-based business venture, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id95f5f2b542f749baa935d82db3983e91"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><text>The amount of a grant provided under paragraph (1) shall be not more than $250,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc354a9de941249f39d65e10fb5ca739f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of a grant provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3 years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd0b95ab8a98d46eba0d071ec4ebb120f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In providing grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to—</text><subparagraph id="id35f0879110474eb9945b35bac4269ceb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning farmers or ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7eb952863f543c8b4775c8be056f41a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>veteran farmers or ranchers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1400f75b017c46c48bf352c21653a9df"><enum>(C)</enum><text>organic and regenerative farmers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd5b0caca1f0412da79cd21dd1ea09f5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb23daf7cee634334bda77c31b0bd8bfc"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2032.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Plastic pellet-free waters</header><section id="id5cf68982e0e0463e98ea301949d6c450"><enum>301.</enum><header>Effluent limitations for wastewater, spills, and runoff from plastic polymer production facilities, plastic molding and forming facilities, and other point sources associated with the transport and packaging of plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the <term>Administrator</term>) shall promulgate a final rule to ensure that—</text><paragraph id="id2039c63cfff64f74a895e5ea65c0864b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the discharge of plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials (including discharge into wastewater and other runoff) from facilities regulated under part 414 or 463 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), is prohibited;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf51aa857fb654dff8d6d4a6a829d8cf1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the discharge of plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials (including discharge into wastewater and other runoff) from a point source (as defined in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1362">33 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>)) that makes, uses, packages, or transports those plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic materials is prohibited; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6d2f44606254a54acd7a4f8e1672bb5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) are reflected in—</text><subparagraph id="idc9c606ec74bb45d4813cb9c34ac73c6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all wastewater, stormwater, and other permits issued by the Administrator and State-delegated programs under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref>) to facilities and other point sources (as defined in section 502 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1362">33 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>)) that make, use, package, or transport plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials, as determined by the Administrator, in addition to other applicable limits and standards; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id744e4f45ec2149ae9e6d43e56a958727"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all standards of performance promulgated under section 312(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1322">33 U.S.C. 1322(p)</external-xref>) that are applicable to point sources (as defined in section 502 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1362">33 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>)) that make, use, package, or transport plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials, as determined by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>