[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 55. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. 
Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, 
Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to the bill S. 1, to approve 
the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. STUDY OF BY-PRODUCT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall complete and make publicly available 
     on the Internet a study assessing the potential environmental 
     impact of by-products generated from the refining of oil 
     transported through the pipeline referred to in section 
     (2)(a), including petroleum coke.
       (b) Report.--On completion of the study required under 
     subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     results of the study, including a summary of best practices 
     for the transportation, storage, and handling of petroleum 
     coke.
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