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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Reduction and Energy 
Security Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') was 
        required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 
        and a 1998 consent agreement to determine whether regulation of 
        mercury from electric utility steam generating units under 
        section 112 of the Clean Air Act was appropriate and necessary.
            (2) In a December 2000, regulatory finding, the EPA 
        concluded that regulation of mercury from electric utility 
        steam generating units was appropriate and necessary.
            (3) In 2005, the EPA withdrew its 2000 regulatory finding 
        in favor of a national cap-and-trade system for mercury 
        emissions from electric utility steam generating units, the 
        Clean Air Mercury Rule (``CAMR'').
            (4) CAMR was subsequently challenged in petitions for 
        review filed by 17 States.
            (5) The United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
        Columbia Circuit vacated the rule on February 8, 2008, finding 
        that once the EPA had listed electric utility steam generating 
        units as a source of hazardous air pollutants, it was required 
        by law to proceed with Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
        (``MACT'') regulations under section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
        unless it delisted the source category, under procedures set 
        forth in section 112(c)(9).
            (6) Mercury control technologies for coal-fired electric 
        utility steam generating units have advanced rapidly in the 
        last few years.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to protect public health 
and welfare, and the environment, through mercury emission reductions 
from electric utility steam generating units.

SEC. 3. MERCURY EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

    The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new title:

                    ``TITLE VII--MERCURY REDUCTIONS

``SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Affected unit.--The term `affected unit' means a 
        coal-fired electric steam generating unit (including a 
        cogeneration unit) that--
                    ``(A) has a nameplate capacity greater than 25 
                megawatts; and
                    ``(B) generates electricity for sale.
            ``(2) Cogeneration unit.--The term `cogeneration unit' 
        means a stationary, coal-fired boiler or a stationary, coal-
        fired combustion turbine having equipment used to produce 
        electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial, 
        commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential 
        use of energy that produces during the 12-month period starting 
        on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any 
        calendar year after which the unit first produces electricity--
                    ``(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit--
                            ``(i) useful thermal energy not less than 5 
                        percent of total energy output; and
                            ``(ii) useful power that, when added to 
                        one-half of useful thermal energy produced, is 
                        not less than--
                                    ``(I) 42.5 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is 15 percent or more of total energy 
                                output; or
                                    ``(II) 45 percent of total energy 
                                input if useful thermal energy produced 
                                is less than 15 percent of total energy 
                                output; and
                    ``(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit, 
                useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy 
                input.
            ``(3) Inlet mercury.--The term `inlet mercury' means the 
        quantity of mercury found--
                    ``(A) in the as-fired coal used by an affected 
                unit; or
                    ``(B) for an affected unit using coal that is 
                subjected to an advanced coal cleaning technology, in 
                the as-mined coal used by the affected unit.

``SEC. 702. MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Annual Limitation for Affected Units.--Except as provided in 
subsection (f), an affected unit in operation before or after the date 
of enactment of this title shall be subject to the following emission 
limitations on an annual average calendar year basis with respect to 
mercury:
            ``(1) Calendar years 2012 through 2014.--For the period 
        beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on December 31, 2014, 
        the less stringent limitation of the following (calculated on a 
        one-year rolling average):
                    ``(A) 80 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 1.60 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
            ``(2) Calendar year 2015 and thereafter.--For calendar year 
        2015 and each calendar year thereafter, the less stringent 
        limitation of the following (calculated on a one-year rolling 
        average):
                    ``(A) 90 percent capture of inlet mercury.
                    ``(B) An emission rate of 0.80 pounds of mercury 
                per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
    ``(b) Averaging Across Units Within a Facility or State.--(1) An 
owner or operator of more than one affected unit at a single facility 
may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual average emission 
limitations under subsection (a) by averaging emissions from all 
affected units at that facility, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units.
    ``(2) An owner or operator of more than one affected unit or units 
within a State may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual 
average emission limitations under subsection (a) by averaging 
emissions from all affected units owned or operated by that owner or 
operator within such State, weighted by total input coal British 
thermal units, if all affected units are owned or operated by the same 
entity.
    ``(3) If an affected unit is owned or operated by more than one 
entity, the State in which the affected unit is located shall allocate 
to each such owner or operator an appropriate portion of the generation 
from the affected unit for purposes of averaging emissions pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or (2).
    ``(c) Reference Methods for Measuring Mercury Emissions.--(1) The 
owner or operator of an affected unit shall use any of the following 
methods as a reference method to calibrate the instruments used to 
measure the mercury concentration in emissions from affected units:
                    ``(A) ASTM D6784-02, `Standard Test Method for 
                Elemental, Oxidized, Particle-Bound and Total Mercury 
                in Flue Gas Generated from Coal-Fired Stationary 
                Sources' (Ontario Hydro Method).
                    ``(B) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 29, 
                `Determination of Metals Emissions from Stationary 
                Sources'.
                    ``(C) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30A, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Stationary Sources (Instrumental Analyzer 
                Procedure)'.
                    ``(D) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30B, 
                `Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions 
                from Coal-Fired Combustion Sources Using Carbon Sorbent 
                Traps'.
    ``(2) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list of 
permitted methods set forth in paragraph (1) to reflect improvements or 
other developments in the measurement of mercury emissions from coal-
fired electric steam generating units.
    ``(d) Monitoring System.--(1) The owner or operator of an affected 
unit shall install and operate a continuous emissions monitoring system 
(CEMS) to measure the quantity of mercury that is emitted from each 
affected unit.
    ``(2) For purposes of complying with paragraph (1), the owner or 
operator of an affected unit may use--
            ``(A) any CEMS that meets the requirements in Performance 
        Specification 12A (PS-12A), `Specifications and Test Procedures 
        for Total Vapor-Phase Mercury Continuous Monitoring Systems in 
        Stationary Sources';
            ``(B) a mercury concentration CEMS that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 75; or
            ``(C) a sorbent trap monitoring system that meets the 
        requirements of 40 C.F.R. 75.15 and 40 C.F.R. Part 75, Appendix 
        K, `Quality Assurance and Operating Procedures for Sorbent Trap 
        Monitoring Systems';
            ``(3) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list 
        of permitted monitoring systems set forth in paragraph (2) to 
        reflect improvements or other developments in mercury emissions 
        reduction technologies and mercury emissions monitoring 
        systems.
    ``(e) Excess Emissions.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), 
the owner or operator of an affected unit that emits mercury in excess 
of the applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection 
(a) shall pay an excess emissions penalty determined under paragraph 
(2).
    ``(2) The excess emissions penalty for mercury shall be an amount 
equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of the 
applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection (a). 
Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a pound.
    ``(f) Best Practices.--(1) Effective, January 1, 2015, if the owner 
or operator of any affected unit fails to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2), such owner or operator may 
notify the Administrator of such failure prior to March 1, 2015, and 
request an alternate emissions limitation for mercury with respect to 
such affected unit. Such owner or operator shall submit to the 
Administrator mercury emissions data measured by a CEMS that complies 
with subsection (d) for evaluation. If the Administrator determines 
that such owner or operator has properly installed and operated such 
CEMS and control technology designed to achieve such annual average 
emission limitation and is unable to meet such limitation, the 
Administrator may, not later than April 1, 2016, establish an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury with respect to such affected unit 
based on the optimal performance of properly installed and operated 
control technology.
    ``(2) With respect to any affected unit, for any year for which an 
alternate emissions limitation for mercury is in place for such 
affected unit, the Administrator may review such alternate emissions 
limitation and impose a more stringent emissions limitation for mercury 
for the subsequent year based on new data regarding the demonstrated 
control capabilities of the type of control technology installed and 
operated at such affected unit.
    ``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an owner or 
operator of an affected unit failing to achieve the annual average 
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2) that notifies the 
Administrator of such failure and requests and alternate emissions 
limitation for mercury pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered in 
compliance with this section (and not subject to any excess emissions 
penalty) for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the 
date such an alternate emissions limitation is implemented.
    ``(B) An owner or operator described in subparagraph (A) shall pay 
an excess emissions penalty, as determined under subsection (e)(2), for 
the period described in such subparagraph, if such owner or operator 
operates or maintains the affected unit, including any associated air 
pollution control equipment, in a manner that is inconsistent with good 
air pollution control practices for the minimization of mercury 
emissions, as determined by the Administrator. In determining whether 
the owner or operator of the affected unit operates and maintains the 
affected unit in a manner that is consistent with good air pollution 
control practices for the minimization of mercury emissions, the 
Administrator may review the emissions monitoring data and operating 
and maintenance procedures of the affected unit and may inspect the 
affected unit.
    ``(4)(A) With respect to any affected unit for which an alternate 
emissions limitation for mercury is in place under this subsection, the 
owner or operator of such affected unit that emits mercury in excess of 
such alternate emissions limitation shall pay an excess emissions 
penalty determined under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) The excess emissions penalty for mercury for an owner or 
operator of an affected unit described in subparagraph (A) shall be an 
amount equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of 
the alternate emissions limitation for mercury in place for such 
affected unit. Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a 
pound.
    ``(g) Sole Limitation on Mercury.--This title shall apply the sole 
emission standard or limitation under this Act with regard to the 
emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units and 
shall supersede any other such requirement under section 112 or any 
other provision of this Act.
    ``(h) Relationship to Other Law.--Except as otherwise specifically 
provided in this title, nothing in this title precludes a State or 
political subdivision of a State from adopting or enforcing any 
additional requirements for the control or abatement of mercury 
emissions, except that no State or political subdivision thereof shall 
adopt or attempt to enforce any standard relating to the reduction or 
control of mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating 
units that is less stringent than the standards provided in this 
title.''.

Ex Output:
Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2014; and (2) 90% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 0.8 pounds of mercury per trillion Btu of input coal by 2015 and each year thereafter.

Specifies methods that owners or operators of affected units are required to use as reference methods in calibrating the instruments used to measure the mercury concentrations in emissions from affected units.

Establishes excess emissions penalties for mercury. Sets forth compliance provisions.

Authorizes: (1) owners or operators of affected units that fail to achieve such limitations to request an alternate emission limitation; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish alternate limitations if the Administrator determines that the owner or operator has properly installed and operated continuous emissions monitoring system and control technology designed to achieve such limitations and is unable to achieve such limitations; and (3) the Administrator, after granting alternate limitations, to impose more stringent emissions limitations in subsequent years. Makes such alternate limitations effective January 1, 2015.

Provides that this Act supersedes any other requirement in such Act with regard to the emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
                            Act of 2002.
Sec. 3. Entitlement to additional weeks of temporary extended 
                            unemployment compensation.
Sec. 4. Application of revised rate of insured unemployment.
Sec. 5. Additional TEUC extended benefit period trigger.
Sec. 6. Additional weeks of benefits for workers in high unemployment 
                            States.
Sec. 7. Effective date.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
              ACT OF 2002.

    (a) Six-Month Extension of Program.--Section 208 of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 
Stat. 30) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), an agreement entered 
into under this title shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
            ``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is 
        entered into; and
            ``(2) ending before July 1, 2003.
    ``(b) Transition.--In the case of an individual who is receiving 
temporary emergency unemployment compensation for the week which 
immediately precedes July 1, 2003, temporary emergency unemployment 
compensation shall continue to be payable to such individual for any 
week thereafter from the account from which such individual received 
compensation for the week which includes such termination date. No 
compensation shall be payable by reason of the preceding sentence for 
any week beginning after October 14, 2003.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 
21).

SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED 
              UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

    Paragraph (1) of section 203(b) of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 
21) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The amount established in an account 
        under subsection (a) shall be equal to 26 times the 
        individual's weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.''.

SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF REVISED RATE OF INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Section 207 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 21) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In this title, the terms'' and inserting 
        the following: ``In this title:
            ``(1) General definitions.--The terms''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Adjusted insured unemployment rate.--For weeks of 
        unemployment beginning on or after the date of enactment of the 
        Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, the term `rate 
        of insured unemployment' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 203(e)(1) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
        Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), except that 
        individuals exhausting their right to regular compensation 
        during the most recent 3 calendar months for which data are 
        available before the close of the period for which such rate is 
        being determined shall be taken into account as if they were 
        individuals filing claims for regular compensation for each 
        week during the period for which such rate is being 
        determined.''.

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TEUC EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD TRIGGER.

    (a) In General.--Section 203(c) of the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 
21) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Additional extended benefit period trigger.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Effective with respect to 
                compensation for weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
                after the date of enactment of the Emergency 
                Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, an agreement 
                under this title shall provide that, in addition to any 
                other extended benefit period trigger, for purposes of 
                beginning or ending any extended benefit period under 
                this section--
                            ``(i) there is a State `on' indicator for a 
                        week if--
                                    ``(I) the average rate of total 
                                unemployment in such State (seasonally 
                                adjusted) for the period consisting of 
                                the most recent 3 months for which data 
                                for all States are published before the 
                                close of such week equals or exceeds 6 
                                percent; and
                                    ``(II) the average rate of total 
                                unemployment in such State (seasonally 
                                adjusted) for the 3-month period 
                                referred to in clause (i) equals or 
                                exceeds 110 percent of such average 
                                rate for either (or both) of the 
                                corresponding 3-month periods ending in 
                                the 2 preceding calendar years; and
                            ``(ii) there is a State `off' indicator for 
                        a week if either the requirements of subclause 
                        (I) or (II) of clause (i) are not satisfied.
                    ``(B) No effect on other determinations.--
                Notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement 
                described in subparagraph (A), any week for which there 
                would otherwise be a State `on' indicator shall 
                continue to be such a week and shall not be determined 
                to be a week for which there is a State `off' 
                indicator.
                    ``(C) Determinations made by the secretary.--For 
                purposes of this subsection, determinations of the rate 
                of total unemployment in any State for any period (and 
                of any seasonal adjustment) shall be made by the 
                Secretary.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 
Stat. 21) is amended by inserting ``or (3)'' after ``paragraph (2)''.

SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS FOR WORKERS IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT 
              STATES.

    Section 203(c)(1) of the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 30) is amended 
by striking ``an amount equal to the amount originally established in 
such account (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'' and inserting 
``7 times the individual's weekly benefit amount for the benefit 
year''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on 
or after the date of enactment this Act.

Ex Output:
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA, which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend the TEUCA program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Entitles eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUCA compensation (13 weeks beyond the current 13 weeks).Provides an additional seven weeks of TEUCA benefits for workers in high unemployment States (entitling them to a total of 33, which is 20 weeks beyond the current 13).Applies a revised adjusted insured unemployment rate State trigger. Sets an additional TEUCA benefit period State trigger based on total unemployment rate.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Models of Safety and Health 
Excellence Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) since 1982 the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Administration has conducted voluntary protection programs 
        designed to recognize excellence in occupational safety and 
        health;
            (2) Such programs have fostered partnerships between 
        employers, employees and the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Administration to improve workplace safety and health through 
        the implementation of effective safety and health programs;
            (3) employers participating in such programs provide their 
        employees with a level of protection that substantially exceeds 
        the level of protection provided by compliance with the 
        requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; 
        and
            (4) as a result of these efforts, employers participating 
        in such programs have experienced injury and illness rates that 
        are on average less than half of their respective industry 
        averages, sparing thousands of America's working families 
        needless workplace tragedies.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) recognize the exemplary leadership of voluntary 
        protection programs participants in improving occupational 
        safety and health at workplaces;
            (2) encourage other employers to adopt such approaches to 
        protect their workers; and
            (3) to codify such programs to ensure that the Occupational 
        Safety and Health Administration continues to develop them in 
        the future.

SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY PROTECTION PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's 
authorized representative shall establish and carry out voluntary 
protection programs (in this section referred to as ``programs'') to 
promote and recognize the achievement of worksites that demonstrate 
excellence in workplace health and safety. The Secretary may choose, in 
limited situations, to alter the application requirements in order to 
expand the scope of worksites participating in the programs to include 
nonstandard worksites such as short term construction sites and mobile 
worksites. The Secretary shall encourage the participants in the 
programs to share occupational safety and health expertise with other 
employers. The Secretary shall also encourage the participation of 
small business (as that term is defined by the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration) in the programs by implementing outreach 
and assistance initiatives in cooperation with program participants and 
shall develop program requirements that address the needs of small 
businesses. The Secretary may provide for the development of equivalent 
programs in State plan States.
    (b) Program Requirements.--A program shall include the following:
            (1) Application.--Applications for participation in the 
        programs must be signed by the worksite's management and to 
        demonstrate sufficient employee support. Employers who 
        volunteer under the programs shall be required to submit an 
        application to the Secretary of Labor demonstrating that the 
        worksite, with respect to which the application is made, meets 
        such requirements as the Secretary may require for 
        participation in the program. Requirements for excellence shall 
        include demonstrations of exemplary comprehensive programs to 
        assure--
                    (A) top level management leadership and active and 
                meaningful employee involvement;
                    (B) systematic assessment of hazards;
                    (C) comprehensive hazard prevention, mitigation, 
                and control programs;
                    (D) employee safety and health training; and
                    (E) safety and health program evaluation.
            (2) Onsite evaluations.--There shall be onsite evaluations 
        of each permanent worksite by representatives of the Secretary 
        and others from the private and public sector as determined by 
        the Secretary.
            (3) Information.--Employers who are approved by the 
        Secretary for participation in a program shall assure the 
        Secretary that such information as is necessary to evaluate the 
        employer's application and continued participation in the 
        program is made available to the Secretary.
            (4) Reevaluations.--Periodic reevaluations by the Secretary 
        shall be required for continued participation in a program.
    (c) Program Administration.--
            (1) Exemptions.--A worksite which has been selected to 
        participate in a program shall, while participating in the 
        program, be exempt from inspections or investigations under the 
        Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, except that the 
        exemption shall not apply to inspections or investigations 
        arising from employee complaints, fatalities, catastrophes, or 
        significant toxic releases.
            (2) Program acceptance and continued participation.--
        Decisions regarding acceptance into the program and continued 
        participation in the program will be based on the applicant's 
        superior safety and health performance, as determined by the 
        Secretary or the Secretary's authorized representatives.
            (3) Program participation.--Decisions regarding 
        participation in a program are in the sole discretion of the 
        Secretary or an authorized representative of the Secretary.

Ex Output:

Models of Safety and Health Excellence Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out voluntary protection programs to promote and recognize the achievement of worksites that demonstrate excellence in workplace health and safety. 
Authorizes the Secretary, in limited situations, to alter program application requirements to include nonstandard worksites such as short-term construction sites and mobile worksites. 
Directs the Secretary to encourage:  (1) program participants to share occupational safety and health expertise with other employers; (2) the participation of small business in the programs, through outreach and assistance initiatives and program requirements that address the needs of small businesses. 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide for development of equivalent programs in State-plan States (under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)). 
Sets forth program requirements for applications, on-site evaluations, information, and reevaluations. 
Exempts worksites participating in the program from inspections or investigations under OSHA, except inspections or investigations arising from employee complaints, fatalities, catastrophes, or significant toxic releases. 
Requires decisions regarding acceptance into, and continued participation in, the program to be based on the applicant's superior safety and health performance, as determined by, and in the sole discretion of, the Secretary or the Secretary's authorized representatives.