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S. 2507IntroducedENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

POPs and PIC Implementation Act of 2002

Agriculture and Food · Air pollution control · Chemicals
Sponsor
Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH]
R · NH
Key facts
Introduced: May 13, 2002
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 0
Congress: 107th
Latest action · May 14, 2002
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-997.

Summary

POPs and PIC Implementation Act of 2002 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to prohibit (subject to certain exemptions and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention)) the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of a POPs chemical substance or mixture. Defines "POPs chemical substance or mixture" as the following: (1) aldrin; (2) chlordane; (3) DDT; (4) dieldrin; (5) endrin; (6) heptachlor; (7) hexachlorobenzene; (8) mirex; (9) PCBs; and (10) toxaphene.

Requires a certification statement to accompany each POPs substance or mixture distributed in commerce.

Prohibits (subject to certain exemptions and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)) the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, or use of certain LRTAP POPs chemical substances or mixtures.

Establishes procedures for information collection by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Requires international cooperative efforts by EPA.

Subjects exports of substances or mixtures regulated under this Act to TSCA. Imposes penalties for export and import violations.

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the regulation of POPs pesticides (the substances listed in Annex A or B to the POPs Convention and with respect to which any applicable provision of the Convention has entered into force under paragraph 4 of Article 22) and LRTAP POPs pesticides, including through registration and exemptions, controls on imports and exports, international cooperative efforts, certification statements, and notice and recording by the Administrator.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. May 14, 2002
    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-997.
  2. May 13, 2002
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  3. May 13, 2002
    Introduced in Senate

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