Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act
Latest action · Jul 19, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 19, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 2008-2012 concerning mercury waste, emissions, and content in products.
Requires 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.
Establishes the Mercury Storage Advisory Committee, which shall report to Congress on: (1) requirements necessary to prevent the release of, or worker exposure to, elemental mercury; and (2) annual costs of, federal facilities needed for, barriers to, and an optimal plan for, mercury storage.
Requires: (1) EPA to establish regulations to facilitate the transfer and storage of mercury located at closed facilities; and (2) 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 Administrator 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.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2007 to Mar 3, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 11, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Sep 19, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Oct 24, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Mar 3, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jul 19, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jul 19, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9615)
- Jul 19, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9615 | Barack Obama D-IL | Jul 19, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5580 | Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Missing Mercury in Manufacturing Monitoring and Mitigation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Business records
- Child health
- Chlorine
- Commerce
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental research
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Hazardous wastes
- Health
- Health surveys
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Manufacturing industries
- Mercury
- Occupational health and safety
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Storage
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2007Introduced in Senate
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