‘‘(iii) SIGNATURE.—Each report re-
quired under clause (i) shall be signed by
a responsible official of the mercury cell
chlor-alkali plant, who shall certify the ac-
curacy of the report.
‘‘(4) 
DISPOSAL
OF
MERCURY
CAPTURED
THROUGH EMISSION CONTROLS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) CAPTURED OR RECOVERED MER-
CURY.—The regulations promulgated by
the Administrator under paragraph (1)(A)
shall ensure that mercury that is captured
or recovered through the use of an emis-
sion control or another method is disposed
of in a manner that ensures that—
‘‘(I) the hazards from mercury
are not transferred from 1 environ-
mental medium to another; and
‘‘(II) there is no release of mer-
cury into the environment (as the
terms ‘release’ and ‘environment’ are
defined in section 101 of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)).
‘‘(ii) 
MERCURY-CONTAINING
WASTES.—The regulations promulgated by
the Administrator under paragraph (1)(A)
shall 
ensure 
that 
mercury-containing
wastes are handled and disposed of in ac-
cordance with all applicable Federal and
State laws (including regulations).
‘‘(B) RESEARCH
PROGRAM.—To promote
permanent and cost-effective disposal of mer-
cury from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants, the
Administrator shall establish a program of long-
term research to develop and disseminate infor-
mation on methods and techniques such as sep-
arating, solidifying, recycling, and encapsulating
mercury-containing waste so that mercury does
not volatilize, migrate to ground water or sur-
face water, or contaminate the soil.
‘‘(5) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—An emission
standard or other requirement promulgated under
this subsection does not diminish or replace any re-
quirement of a more stringent emission limitation or
other applicable requirement established under this
Act or a standard issued under State law.
‘‘(6) PUBLIC REPORTING OF DATA PERTAINING
TO EMISSIONS OF MERCURY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall annually make available to the public,
through 1 or more published reports and 1 or
more forms of electronic media, facility-specific
mercury emission data for each mercury cell
chlor-alkali plant.
‘‘(B) SOURCE
OF
DATA.—The emission
data shall be taken from the monitoring and
analysis reports submitted under paragraph
(3)(C).’’.
SEC. 7. MERCURY EMISSION STANDARDS FOR PORTLAND
CEMENT PLANTS.
Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (as amended by sec-
tion 6) is amended by inserting after subsection (v) the
following:
‘‘(w) MERCURY EMISSION STANDARDS FOR PORT-
LAND CEMENT PLANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this sub-
paragraph, the Administrator shall promulgate
regulations—
‘‘(i) to establish standards for the
control of direct dust emission of mercury
and mercury compounds (collectively re-
ferred to in this subsection as ‘mercury’)
from crushers, mills, dryers, kilns (exclud-
ing emission from such burning of haz-
ardous waste-containing fuel in a cement
kiln as is regulated under section 3004(q)
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6924(q)), and clinker coolers at ex-
isting and new Portland cement plants;
and
‘‘(ii) to establish standards for the
control of fugitive dust emission of mer-
cury from storage, transport, charging,
and discharging operations at existing and
new Portland cement plants.
‘‘(B) PERMIT
REQUIREMENT.—Not later
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this
subparagraph, each Portland cement plant shall
have an enforceable permit issued under title V
that complies with this subsection.
‘‘(C) PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES FOR
COMPLIANCE
WITH
STANDARDS.—Each Port-
land cement plant shall achieve compliance with
the mercury emission standards established
under subparagraph (A) in accordance with the
procedures and schedules established under
subsection (i).
‘‘(2) STANDARDS AND METHODS.—
‘‘(A) MINIMUM
REQUIRED
EMISSION
RE-
DUCTION.—The emission standards established
under paragraph (1)(A) shall require that each
Portland cement plant reduce its annual pound-
age of direct and fugitive mercury emitted
below its mercury emission baseline, as deter-
mined by the Administrator, by not less than
95 percent.
‘‘(B) CONTROL METHODS.—For the pur-
pose of achieving compliance with the emission
standards established under paragraph (1)(A),
the Administrator shall authorize methods of
control of mercury emissions, including meas-
ures that—
‘‘(i) reduce the volume of, or eliminate
emissions of, mercury through a process
change, substitution of material, or other
method;
‘‘(ii) enclose systems, processes, or
storage to eliminate mercury emissions;
‘‘(iii) collect, capture, or treat mer-
cury emissions when released from a proc-
ess, stack, storage, or fugitive emission
point;
‘‘(iv) consist of design, equipment,
manufacturing process, work practice, or
operational standards (including require-
ments for operator training or certifi-
cation) in accordance with subsection (h);
or
‘‘(v) consist of a combination of the
measures described in clauses (i) through
(iv).
‘‘(3) PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS
AND
CONDI-
TIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each permit issued in
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(1)(B) 
shall
include—
‘‘(i) enforceable mercury emission
standards;
‘‘(ii) a schedule of compliance;
‘‘(iii) a requirement that the permittee
submit to the permitting authority, not less
often than every 90 days, the results of
any required monitoring; and
‘‘(iv) such other conditions as the Ad-
ministrator determines are necessary to en-
sure compliance with this subsection and
each applicable implementation plan under
section 110.
‘‘(B) MONITORING AND ANALYSIS.—
‘‘(i) PROCEDURES
AND
METHODS.—
The regulations promulgated by the Ad-
ministrator under paragraph (1)(A) shall
prescribe procedures and methods for—
‘‘(I) monitoring and analysis for
mercury; and
‘‘(II) 
determining 
compliance
with this subsection.
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION.—Application of
the procedures and methods shall result in
reliable and timely information for deter-
mining compliance.
‘‘(iii) EFFECT
ON
OTHER
LAW.—
Nothing in this subsection affects any con-
tinuous emission monitoring requirement
of title IV or any other provision of this
Act.
‘‘(C) INSPECTION, ENTRY, MONITORING,
CERTIFICATION, AND REPORTING.—
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Each 
permit
issued in accordance with paragraph
(1)(B) shall specify inspection, entry, mon-
itoring, compliance certification, and re-
porting requirements to ensure compliance
with the permit terms and conditions.
‘‘(ii) CONFORMITY WITH OTHER REG-
ULATIONS.—The monitoring and reporting
requirements shall conform to each appli-
cable regulation under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(iii) SIGNATURE.—Each report re-
quired under clause (i) shall be signed by
a responsible official of the Portland ce-
ment plant, who shall certify the accuracy
of the report.
‘‘(4) 
DISPOSAL
OF
MERCURY
CAPTURED
THROUGH EMISSION CONTROLS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) CAPTURED OR RECOVERED MER-
CURY.—The regulations promulgated by
the Administrator under paragraph (1)(A)
shall ensure that mercury that is captured
or recovered through the use of an emis-
sion control or another method is disposed
of in a manner that ensures that—
‘‘(I) the hazards from mercury
are not transferred from 1 environ-
mental medium to another; and
‘‘(II) there is no release of mer-
cury into the environment (as the
terms ‘release’ and ‘environment’ are
defined in section 101 of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601)).
‘‘(ii) 
MERCURY-CONTAINING
WASTES.—The regulations promulgated by
the Administrator under paragraph (1)(A)
shall 
ensure 
that 
mercury-containing
wastes are handled and disposed of in ac-
cordance with all applicable Federal and
State laws (including regulations).
‘‘(B) RESEARCH
PROGRAM.—To promote
permanent and cost-effective disposal of mer-
cury from Portland cement plants, the Adminis-
trator shall establish a program of long-term re-
search to develop and disseminate information
on methods and techniques such as separating,
solidifying, recycling, and encapsulating mer-
cury-containing waste so that mercury does not
volatilize, migrate to ground water or surface
water, or contaminate the soil.
‘‘(5) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—An emission
standard or other requirement promulgated under
this subsection does not diminish or replace any re-
quirement of a more stringent emission limitation or
other applicable requirement established under this
Act or a standard issued under State law.
‘‘(6) PUBLIC REPORTING OF DATA PERTAINING
TO EMISSIONS OF MERCURY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall annually make available to the public,
through 1 or more published reports and 1 or
more forms of electronic media, facility-specific
mercury emission data for each Portland ce-
ment plant.
‘‘(B) SOURCE
OF
DATA.—The emission
data shall be taken from the monitoring and
analysis reports submitted under paragraph
(3)(C).’’.
SEC. 8. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MERCURY EMIS-
SION STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL WASTE IN-
CINERATORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
2000, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the extent
to which the annual poundage of mercury and mercury
compounds emitted by each medical waste incinerator in
the United States has been reduced below the baseline for
the medical waste incinerator determined under subsection
(b).
(b) BASELINE.—
(1) USE OF ACTUAL DATA.—As a baseline for
measuring emission reductions, the report shall use
the mercury and mercury compound emission data
that were submitted or developed during the process
of permitting of the medical waste incinerator under
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
(2) LACK OF ACTUAL DATA.—If the data de-
scribed in paragraph (1) are not available, the Ad-
ministrator shall develop an estimate of baseline
mercury emissions based on other sources of data
and the best professional judgment of the Adminis-
trator.
SEC. 9. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MERCURY EMIS-
SION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
COMBUSTORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
2000, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the extent
to which the annual poundage of mercury and mercury
compounds emitted by each hazardous waste combustor
in the United States has been reduced below the baseline
for the hazardous waste combustor determined under sub-
section (b).
(b) BASELINE.—
(1) USE OF ACTUAL DATA.—As a baseline for
measuring emission reductions, the report shall use
the mercury and mercury compound emission data
that were submitted or developed during the process
of permitting of the hazardous waste combustor
under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
(2) LACK OF ACTUAL DATA.—If the data de-
scribed in paragraph (1) are not available, the Ad-
ministrator shall develop an estimate of baseline
mercury emissions based on other sources of data
and the best professional judgment of the Adminis-
trator.
SEC. 10. REPORT ON USE OF MERCURY AND MERCURY
COMPOUNDS BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
a report on the use of mercury and mercury compounds
by the Department of Defense.
(b) CONTENTS.—In the report, the Secretary of De-
fense shall describe—
(1) measures that the Department of Defense is
carrying out to reduce the use and emissions of mer-
cury and mercury compounds by the Department;
and
(2) measures that the Department of Defense is
carrying out to stabilize or recycle discarded mer-
cury or discarded mercury-containing products.
SEC. 11. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than December
31, 2000, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, in cooperation with appropriate representa-
tives of Canada and Mexico, shall study and submit to
Congress a report on the sources and extent of mercury
emissions in North America.
(b) REVIEW.—Before submitting the report to Con-
gress, the Administrator shall submit the report for—
(1) internal and external scientific peer review;
and
(2) review by the Science Advisory Board estab-
lished by section 8 of the Environmental Research,
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act
of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4365).