[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1277-S1278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
  S. 458. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards 
under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 458

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. ETHYLENE OXIDE EMISSIONS STANDARDS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Administrator'') shall amend--
       (1) subparts O and FFFF of part 63 of title 40, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, to revise the standards for the emission 
     of ethylene oxide under those subparts based on the results 
     described in the report of the National Center

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     for Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency entitled ``Evaluation of the Inhalation 
     Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide'' and dated December 2016; 
     and
       (2) subpart O of part 63 of title 40, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, to apply maximum achievable control technology 
     (within the meaning of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
     seq.)) requirements to chamber exhaust vents.
       (b) Notification.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     Administrator learns of a violation of the standards revised 
     under subsection (a), the Administrator shall notify the 
     public of the violation in a manner determined to be 
     appropriate by the Administrator.
       (2) Failure to notify.--If the Administrator fails to 
     notify the public under paragraph (1) by the end of the 
     period described in that paragraph, the Inspector General of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency shall carry out an 
     investigation to determine--
       (A) the reason or reasons for which the Administrator 
     failed to notify the public;
       (B) the public health risks associated with the failure of 
     the Administrator to notify the public; and
       (C) any steps the Administrator should take to ensure the 
     Administrator meets the requirements described in paragraph 
     (1) in the future.
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