tection Agency shall notify each 
affected State and local public 
health official and the public of 
the adverse public health risk. 
(D) APPROVAL OF MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE 
CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY.—If 
a 
maximum 
achievable control technology (within the mean-
ing of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.)) is available for a facility identified under 
subparagraph (C)(i)(I)(bb), the EPA Adminis-
trator shall expedite the permitting of that 
maximum achievable control technology at the 
facility. 
(2) TOXICS
RELEASE
INVENTORY.—Section 
313(c) of the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-To-Know Act (42 U.S.C. 11023(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘are those chemicals’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘are— 
‘‘(1) those chemicals’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) chemicals identified as carcinogenic by an 
assessment under the Integrated Risk Information 
System of the Administrator.’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—The EPA Administrator may not 
transfer the Information System outside of the Office of 
Research and Development of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to the EPA 
Administrator to carry out the duties of the Information 
System for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year there-
after. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING COORDINATION BETWEEN ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND AGENCY 
FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REG-
ISTRY; COMMUNITY OUTREACH DIVISION. 
Section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9604(i)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(19) CONSULTATIONS
REQUIRED.—Not less 
frequently than once every 90 days, the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR shall consult with the Assistant 
Administrators for the Office of Research and Devel-
opment, the Office of Land and Emergency Manage-
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ment, the Office of Air and Radiation, and the Of-
fice of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, and the direc-
tor of any other office of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency determined to be appropriate by the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR, regarding— 
‘‘(A) the future schedule of assessments of 
chemicals to be conducted under the Integrated 
Risk Information System of the Administrator 
of EPA; 
‘‘(B) the results of existing assessments 
conducted under the Integrated Risk Informa-
tion System of the Administrator of EPA; and 
‘‘(C) the concerns of the Administrator of 
ATSDR that merit additional review, if any. 
‘‘(20) REASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) 
HEALTH
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term ‘health assessment’ means a health 
assessment completed by the Administrator 
of ATSDR under paragraph (6). 
‘‘(ii) HEALTH
CONSULTATION.—The 
term ‘health consultation’ means a written 
response 
from 
the 
Administrator 
of 
ATSDR to a specific request for informa-
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tion about health risks related to a specific 
site, a specific chemical release, or the 
presence of hazardous materials in a spe-
cific area. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—On receiving in-
formation from a consultation under paragraph 
(19) that the Integrated Risk Information Sys-
tem of the Administrator of EPA will be con-
ducting an assessment of a chemical, the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR shall determine which 
health assessments or health consultations, as 
applicable, need to be reevaluated if the assess-
ment results in a determination that the chem-
ical poses a new adverse public health risk. 
‘‘(C) REEVALUATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which an assess-
ment conducted by the Integrated Risk In-
formation System of the Administrator of 
EPA results in a determination that a 
chemical has a new adverse public health 
risk, the Administrator of ATSDR shall re-
evaluate each health assessment and health 
consultation, as applicable, identified under 
subparagraph (B). 
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‘‘(ii) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 14 days after the date on 
which the Administrator of ATSDR begins 
a reevaluation under clause (i), the Admin-
istrator of ATSDR shall notify Congress 
that the reevaluation is being conducted. 
‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of completion of a 
reevaluation under clause (i), the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR shall— 
‘‘(I) publish in the Federal Reg-
ister any revisions to a health assess-
ment or a health consultation, as ap-
plicable, as a result of the reevalua-
tion; and 
‘‘(II) notify Congress of the revi-
sions described in subclause (I). 
‘‘(21) PERSONAL
EXPOSURE
TESTING.—The 
Administrator of ATSDR, in coordination with the 
Administrator, shall administer personal exposure 
tests for a chemical that has a new adverse public 
health risk as described in paragraph (20)(B)(i), as 
available, to vulnerable populations, including chil-
dren and the elderly. 
‘‘(22) COMMUNITY OUTREACH DIVISION.— 
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‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Adminis-
trator of ATSDR shall establish within the Of-
fice of Communication of ATSDR a division, to 
be known as the ‘Community Outreach Divi-
sion’. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the of the 
Community Outreach Division shall be— 
‘‘(i) to include communities when de-
termining the priority of chemicals to un-
dergo review by ATSDR; and 
‘‘(ii) to communicate risk assessments 
to affected communities. 
‘‘(23) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $70,000,000 
to carry out the duties of the ATSDR for fiscal year 
2020 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 6. DATA SAMPLING. 
If the ATSDR Administrator requests the EPA Ad-
ministrator to conduct a sample for a chemical that poses 
an adverse public health risk and the EPA Administrator 
rejects that request, the EPA Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a notice describing— 
(1) the request; and 
(2) the reasons for rejecting the request. 
Æ 
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