Bill Text: GA SR494 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976; support modernization
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - Senate Read and Referred [SR494 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR494-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 494
By:
Senators Tolleson of the 20th and Davis of the 22nd
A
RESOLUTION
Supporting
the modernization of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
American consumers deserve to have confidence that the products they buy, when
used for their intended purposes, are safe; and
WHEREAS,
a federal chemical management program should place protecting the public health,
including children's health, as its highest priority and should include strict
government oversight; and
WHEREAS,
the federal chemical management program should preserve America's role as the
world's leading innovator and employer in the manufacture, processing,
distribution in commerce, and use of chemicals; and
WHEREAS,
the current chemical management law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),
was signed into law in 1976 and is now nearly 35 years old; and
WHEREAS,
since the enactment of the law, our ability to understand the impact chemicals
have on the human body and the environment has advanced significantly;
and
WHEREAS,
those advancements in science and technology need to be integrated into the
federal chemical management program; and
WHEREAS,
momentum for modernization of the federal chemical regulatory system is growing
in Congress; and
WHEREAS,
amendments to the TSCA should ensure that chemicals are safe for their intended
use; require companies that manufacture, import, process, distribute, or use
chemicals to provide the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
with relevant information to the extent necessary for the EPA to make safe use
determinations; assure that potential risks to children from exposure to
chemicals are considered in the assessment of safe use; empower the EPA to
impose a range of risk management controls to ensure that chemicals are safe for
their intended use; encourage companies and the EPA to work together to enhance
public access to chemical health and safety information; enable the EPA to have
staff, resources, and regulatory tools needed to ensure the safety of chemicals;
and ensure that the TSCA remains a vehicle to promote and encourage
technological innovation and the maintenance of a globally competitive industry
in the United States; and
WHEREAS,
amendments should require the EPA to systematically prioritize chemicals for the
purpose of assessing their safe use, to act expeditiously and efficiently in
assessing the safe use of chemicals, and to rely on scientifically valid data
and information.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body encourage
the United States Congress to enact legislation that modernizes the Toxic
Substances Control Act of 1976.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to members of the Georgia
Congressional delegation.
