POPs and PIC Implementation Act of 2002
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 13, 2002)
Requires a certification statement to accompany each POPs substance or mixture distributed in commerce.
Prohibits (subject to certain exemptions and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)) the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, or use of certain LRTAP POPs chemical substances or mixtures.
Establishes procedures for information collection by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Requires international cooperative efforts by EPA.
Subjects exports of substances or mixtures regulated under this Act to TSCA. Imposes penalties for export and import violations.
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the regulation of POPs pesticides (the substances listed in Annex A or B to the POPs Convention and with respect to which any applicable provision of the Convention has entered into force under paragraph 4 of Article 22) and LRTAP POPs pesticides, including through registration and exemptions, controls on imports and exports, international cooperative efforts, certification statements, and notice and recording by the Administrator.
What just happenedMay 14, 2002
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-997.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMay 13, 2002
- May 14, 2002Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-997.
Environment and Public Works Committee - May 13, 2002IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Environment and Public Works Committee - May 13, 2002IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate