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(B) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than April 1, 
2027, taking into account the inventory, the 
Administrator shall conduct a single assessment 
of the aggregate, cumulative public health im-
pacts on fenceline communities at covered facili-
ties. 
(C) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
assessment 
under subparagraph (B) shall— 
(i) ascertain the potentially exposed or 
susceptible subpopulations; 
(ii) estimate the magnitude of the po-
tential health impacts on— 
(I) fenceline communities gen-
erally; and 
(II) more exposed or susceptible 
subpopulations specifically; 
(iii) determine which chemical sub-
stances or mixtures may be causing or con-
tributing to potential adverse public health 
impacts; 
(iv) include an assessment of— 
(I) the cumulative exposures as-
sociated with covered facilities from 
all chemicals used to make plastic 
polymers; 
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(II) the chemical substances (in-
cluding plastic polymers, additives, 
and byproducts) produced from— 
(aa) the use of the plastic 
polymers as feedstocks for other 
chemicals; and 
(bb) 
waste-to-fuel 
tech-
nology; and 
(III) the impact of chemical sub-
stances (including plastic polymers, 
additives, and byproducts) on— 
(aa) the recyclability of plas-
tics; 
(bb) the use of recycled con-
tent in food contact products and 
packaging; and 
(cc) public health; and 
(v) focus on— 
(I) communities located near cov-
ered facilities; 
(II) workers at covered facilities; 
(III) other potentially exposed or 
susceptible subpopulations; and 
(IV) impacts in other countries 
resulting from— 
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(aa) volatile organic com-
pounds, metals, and other toxic 
additives and air emissions of 
foreign recycling facilities; 
(bb) the export from the 
United States of plastic products, 
intermediary products (such as 
pellets), and plastic waste from 
covered facilities; 
(cc) disposal and manage-
ment 
of 
unrecycled 
fractions 
from the exports described in 
item (bb); 
(dd) water and land pollu-
tion resulting from importation 
of those exports; and 
(ee) the legality of those im-
ports, including under the Basel 
Convention on the Control of 
Transboundary 
Movements 
of 
Hazardous Wastes and Their 
Disposal, done at Basel, Switzer-
land, March 22, 1989. 
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(D) PROCEDURAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
assessment under subparagraph (B) shall be 
subject to— 
(i) public notice and an opportunity 
for public comment; and 
(ii) peer review by the Science Advi-
sory Committee on Chemicals established 
under section 26(o) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(o)). 
(3) HIGH-PRIORITY SUBSTANCES.— 
(A) STYRENE AND VINYL CHLORIDE.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, after public no-
tice and an opportunity for comment, shall 
make a final prioritization determination under 
section 6(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(1)) relating to— 
(i) styrene (including polystyrene); 
and 
(ii) vinyl chloride (including polyvinyl 
chloride). 
(B) OTHER CHEMICALS OR MIXTURES.— 
With respect to any chemical substances or 
mixtures (as those terms are defined in section 
3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
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U.S.C. 2602)) not described in subparagraph 
(A) and identified in the assessment under 
paragraph (2) as causing or contributing to po-
tential adverse public health impacts, the Ad-
ministrator shall— 
(i) include those chemical substances 
or mixtures in any subsequently published 
inventory; and 
(ii) specify applicable timetables for 
action as part of the inventory in accord-
ance with clause (vii) or (viii) of paragraph 
(11) of section 8(b) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2607(b)). 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Administrator such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this subsection 
and the amendments made by this subsection. 
(B) MAINTENANCE
OF
FUNDING.—The 
funding provided under this paragraph shall 
supplement, not supplant, other Federal fund-
ing to carry out the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). 
(h) HAZARDOUS WASTE.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
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shall initiate a rulemaking to list discarded polyvinyl chlo-
ride as a hazardous waste under the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). 
(i) CUMULATIVE IMPACT REQUIREMENTS FOR COV-
ERED FACILITIES.— 
(1) FEDERAL
WATER
POLLUTION
CONTROL 
ACT.—Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended— 
(A) by striking the section designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘Except 
as’’ in subsection (a)(1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 402. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMI-
NATION SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) PERMITS ISSUED BY ADMINISTRATOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘upon condition 
that such discharge will meet either 
(A) all’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘subject to the conditions that— 
‘‘(A) the discharge will achieve compliance 
with— 
‘‘(i) all’’; 
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