CEMENT SECTOR REGULATORY RELIEF ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 2681), H6554, H6555, H6556 [4OC], H6581, H6582, H6587, H6589, H6592, H6595, H6596, H6598, H6599, H6600, H6601, H6602, H6604, H6613, H6614, H6615 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 2681): consideration (see H. Res. 419), H6505 [3OC]

Letters

Provisions: Lynn R. Lehrbach, Joint Council of Teamsters No. 37, H6578 [5OC]

———several Members of Congress, H6578 [5OC]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2681), H6641 [6OC]

Remarks in House

Enact (H.R. 2681), H6090 [12SE], H6378 [22SE], H6519, H6540, H6543, H6544 [4OC], H6559, H6566, H6573-H6620 [5OC], H6632, H6638-H6643, H6649 [6OC], H6929 [14OC], E1757 [4OC], E1773, E1776 [5OC], E1786, E1795, E1796, E1802 [6OC], E1811 [11OC]

———consideration (H. Res. 419), H6523-H6528 [4OC]

———motion to recommit, H6641 [6OC]

EPA: change compliance date following issuance of achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities, H6598, H6599 [5OC]

———clarify public health benefits of cement manufacturing facilities' compliance with Clean Air Act, H6615-H6617 [5OC]

———clarify that proposal for additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities does not supersede authority to regulate air pollution, H6587-H6589 [5OC]

———consider potential reductions in illness-related absences from work due to cement kiln-related illnesses when establishing a compliance date for cement manufacturing facility achievable standards, H6614 [5OC]

———effect of standards for cement manufacturing facilities on amount of mercury that deposits to land and water, H6596 [5OC]

———enforce emission reductions from cement kilns if such emissions are harming brain development or causing learning disabilities in infants or children, H6582-H6587 [5OC]

———implement air pollution control standards for cement manufacturing facilities located near schools, day care centers, and certain hospitals, and provide community notification on emissions from such facilities, H6641 [6OC]

———include findings for health costs and benefits to standards for cement manufacturing facilities, H6589-H6592 [5OC]

———include in legislation on standards for cement manufacturing facilities a finding on exposure of individuals to mercury from industrial sources resulting in States issuing mercury advisories for fish consumption, H6601, H6602 [5OC]

———maintain existing standards for cement manufacturing facilities if proposed changes impede Dept. of HHS mercury reduction goals, H6597 [5OC]

———prevent delay in issuing standards for cement manufacturing facilities if cement kiln emissions are causing respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses and deaths, H6600, H6601 [5OC]

———prevent delay in issuing standards for cement manufacturing facilities if cement kiln emissions are increasing risk of cancer, H6599, H6600 [5OC]

———prevent delays of implementation of standards for cement manufacturing facilities until the President certifies that such delays will have no adverse affect on public health and vulnerable subpopulations, H6602-H6604 [5OC]

———recognize that mercury emitted from cement kilns is a potent neurotoxin, H6592-H6595 [5OC]

———require cement industry compliance with standards and requirements in accordance with the Clean Air Act by a certain date, H6614, H6615 [5OC]

———require publication of notice in Federal Register estimating public health impact of delaying standards for cement manufacturing facilities, H6604 [5OC]

OMB: determine whether Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act authorizes appropriation of funds for implementation, H6595 [5OC]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 2681), S6393 [11OC], S6397 [12OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2681, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 419) (H. Rept. 112-231), H6505 [3OC]

Provisions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2681) (H. Rept. 112-227), H6460 [26SE]

Tables

U.S. vs. European emission standards, H6579 [5OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 419, consideration of H.R. 2681, provisions, H6523 [4OC]

H.R. 2681, provisions, H6581 [5OC]