[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3040. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF 
                   PETROLEUM COKE.

       This Act shall not take effect prior to the date that--
       (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, 
     promulgates rules to ensure that all petroleum coke that 
     results from the refining of oil transported by a pipeline in 
     the United States is stored and transported in a manner that 
     protects public and ecological health; and
       (2) petroleum coke is no longer exempt from regulation 
     under section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9601(14)), which may be established either by an Act of 
     Congress or any regulations, rules, or guidance issued by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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