POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2006
Latest action · Feb 17, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 16, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to incorporate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) provisions from three international agreements: (1) the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention); (2) the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (Protocol); and (3) the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC Convention).
Prohibits, subject to exemptions under this Act, the POP Convention, and the Protocol, the manufacture, processing, distribution for export, use, or disposal of the following POPs chemical substances or mixtures: aldrin; chlordane; chlordecone; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); dieldrin; endrin; HCH; heptachlor; hexabromobiphenyl; mirex; toxaphene; and hexachlorobenzene.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within specified time frames, to publish notice and provide the public an opportunity to comment on certain POPs Convention and Protocol proposals, profiles, decisions, and recommendations, including recommendations by the POPs Convention and the Protocol to list a chemical.
Directs the Administrator, following a POPs Convention or Protocol decision to list an additional chemical, to notify the public about: (1) a rule to prohibit or restrict the manufacture and use of the chemical that protects against significant adverse human health and environmental effects; (2) a rule issued under other federal law for such protection; (3) a statement or final decision that regulation of the chemical is not necessary because U.S. regulations already implement control measures specified in the POPs Convention and the Protocol; or (4) a decision not to prohibit or restrict the chemical because its use it is not likely to lead to significant adverse effects.
Allows filing of judicial review petitions. Provides remedies.
Directs the Administrator to apply the more stringent of conflicting provisions between the POPs Convention and: (1) the Protocol; or (2) the PIC Convention.
Requires the Administrator to participate in activities supporting implementation of the Protocol, the PIC Convention, and the POPs Convention.
Requires any person distributing certain chemical substances or mixtures included in the PIC Convention to comply with export conditions and notification requirements. Requires chemicals subject to certain notice requirements under the PIC Convention to bear labeling information, to have safety data sheets, and to have documentation of customs codes assigned by the World Customs Organization.
Declares that requirements relating to the Protocol or POPs and PIC Conventions will be effective only if the United States is a party to them.
Prohibits the Administrator from granting exemptions to the requirement that no person may manufacture, process, or distribute polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) unless authorized to do so under this Act.
Declares that no state or political subdivision may establish or continue requirements applicable to a POPs Convention or Protocol chemical if the requirements are less stringent than the control measures and other requirements under this Act.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2006 to Sep 27, 2006, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Feb 16, 2006 |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 2, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Mar 2, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 7, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 17, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- Feb 16, 2006Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4591 | Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 | Related bill | Nov 15, 2006 |
| HR 6421 | Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act of 2006 | Related bill | Dec 8, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Air pollution control
- Appellate courts
- Bioaccumulation
- Business records
- Chemical industries
- Chemicals
- Commerce
- Cost effectiveness
- Department of the Treasury
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental health
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Export controls
- Exports
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International environmental cooperation
- Judicial review
- Labeling
- Law
- Legal fees
- Minorities
- Pesticide pollution
- Pesticide regulation
- Pesticides
- Pollution control
- Polychlorinated biphenyls
- Poverty
- Risk
- Social Welfare
- Toxicology
- Trade agreements
- Transboundary pollution
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2006Introduced in House
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