To direct that certain assessments with respect to toxicity of chemicals be carried out by the program offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to transfer chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from EPA IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, create a, requires transfers EPA chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from the centralized IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, requiring program offices to assign toxicity values when scientifically supported, and establishes a 15-member Hazard Identification and Dose-Response Steering Committee within EPA to coordinate chemical assessments across program offices and consider third-party assessments from federal, state. It relies on definition changes, compliance mandates, reporting requirements, and product standards. The main policy areas are Trade, Chemical Safety, Environmental Protection, and Science & Space.
Who Benefits and How
Third-party chemical assessment providers could gain revenue opportunities, Chemical manufacturers and industrial facilities could face lower compliance burdens, and Chemical manufacturers could face lower compliance burdens.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program would be affected, EPA IRIS program would be affected, and Public health advocates would be affected.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to transfer chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from EPA IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, create a...
- Requires transfers EPA chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from the centralized IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, requiring program offices to assign toxicity values when scientifically supported...
- Establishes a 15-member Hazard Identification and Dose-Response Steering Committee within EPA to coordinate chemical assessments across program offices and consider third-party assessments from federal, state...
- Establishes scientific standards for EPA chemical assessments requiring use of best available science, integration of all lines of evidence, peer review, reproducibility, and specifically supporting non-linear...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to transfer chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from EPA IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, create a, requires transfers EPA chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from the centralized IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, requiring program offices to assign toxicity values when scientifically supported, and establishes a 15-member Hazard Identification and Dose-Response Steering Committee within EPA to coordinate chemical assessments across program offices and consider third-party assessments from federal, state.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Chemical Safety, Environmental Protection, Science & Space
Primary Purpose
The bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to transfer chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from EPA IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, create a, requires transfers EPA chemical hazard and dose-response assessments from the centralized IRIS program to individual EPA program offices, requiring program offices to assign toxicity values when scientifically supported, and establishes a 15-member Hazard Identification and Dose-Response Steering Committee within EPA to coordinate chemical assessments across program offices and consider third-party assessments from federal, state.
Policy Domains
Section 7 - Research Needs and Priorities of EPA Program Offices
Identified Gains
- Third-party chemical assessment providers
- Chemical manufacturers and industrial facilities
- Chemical manufacturers
- Industries regulated under environmental laws
- Chemical industry
Identified Costs
- EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program
- EPA IRIS program
- Public health advocates
- Communities near industrial facilities
- Communities near industrial chemical facilities
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Chemical industry, Chemical manufacturers, Chemical manufacturers and industrial facilities
EPA IRIS program, EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program, EPA Office of Research and Development
Third-party chemical assessment providers
Communities near industrial chemical facilities, Communities near industrial facilities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "relevant_program_office"
- → EPA program offices (Water, Air and Radiation, Land and Emergency Management, Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention)
- "committee_chair"
- → Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "steering_committee"
- → Chemical hazard identification and dose-response steering committee
- "relevant_program_office"
- → EPA program offices conducting assessments
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
With respect to the evaluation of the human health effects resulting from chronic exposure to a chemical substance, a chemical hazard identification and dose-response assessment as defined by the EPA on the day before enactment.
The Office of Water, the Office of Air and Radiation, the Office of Land and Emergency Management, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, or any successor or other office determined relevant by the Administrator.
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