S. 3631 (109th): Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act

Introduced:
Jul 11, 2006 (109th Congress, 2005–2006)
Sponsor:
Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as S. 1818 (110th) on Jul 19, 2007.

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Status

This bill was introduced on July 11, 2006, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jun 29, 2006
Referred to Committee Jul 11, 2006
Cosponsors
none
Committees

Senate Environment and Public Works

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Full Title

A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jul 11, 2006.
10 pages

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7/11/2006--Introduced.
Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act - Declares that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce:
(1) mercury use and emissions;
(2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and
(3) exposures to mercury, particularly exposures of women of childbearing age and young children.
Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using mercury cells, effective January 1, 2012.
Requires the owner or operator of each chlor-alkali facility to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and the state in which the facility is located an annual report for 2007-2012 concerning mercury waste, emissions, and content in products.
Requires:
(1) EPA to conduct a comprehensive mercury inventory covering the life and closure of chlor-alkali facilities that cease operations on or after July 1, 2008;
(2) EPA to establish regulations to facilitate the transfer and storage of mercury located at closed facilities, including the allocation of costs and potential liabilities; and
(3) beginning on July 1, 2008, the transfer of elemental mercury located at a closed facility that has ceased operations to a storage facility established by EPA in accordance with such regulations.
Requires EPA, in coordination with the Adminstrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Administrator, by July 1, 2009, to conduct a health assessment of employees at chlor-alkali facilities that continue to operate as of July 1, 2008.

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