Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act

Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms.

Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the toxic release inventory program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing the proposed rule dated October 4, 2005, to revise requirements under such program.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6219 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6219

To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 
to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2006

Mr. Pallone (for himself, Ms. Solis, Mr. Allen, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bishop 
of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
 Cardin, Mr. Cummings, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Engel, Mr. Farr, 
 Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, 
Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. 
   Maloney, Mr. Markey, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Meehan, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
    Nadler, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
 California, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schwartz of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
   Conyers, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
   Inslee, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Berman) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 
to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Toxic Right-to-Know Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS IN REPORTING FREQUENCY.

    Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11023) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (i); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (j) through (l) as 
        subsections (i) through (k), respectively.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY.

    (a) Form A Certification Statement.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--
            (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency (referred to in this section as the ``Administrator'') 
        shall establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of 
        a form A certification statement under the toxic release 
        inventory program established under the Emergency Planning and 
        Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.) 
        at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent 
        bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals; and
            (2) the use of a form A certification statement described 
        in paragraph (1), or any equivalent successor thereto, shall be 
        prohibited with respect to any chemical identified by the 
        Administrator as a chemical of special concern under section 
        372.28 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
        regulation).
    (b) Revision of Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Administrator shall not implement the proposed rule of the 
Administrator dated October 4, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 57822), to revise 
requirements under the toxic release inventory program described in 
subsection (a)(1).
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