I 
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. 
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. 
SA´NCHEZ 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 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 Commu-
nity 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 IN-
VENTORY. 
(a) FORM A CERTIFICATION STATEMENT.—Notwith-
standing 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 suc-
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cessor 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 im-
plement the proposed rule of the Administrator dated Oc-
tober 4, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 57822), to revise require-
ments under the toxic release inventory program described 
in subsection (a)(1). 
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