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H.R. 5422·106th Congress·House Bill

Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000

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Latest action (20 Oct 2000): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

What this bill does

H.R. 5422, the Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000, would direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator to create a unified system for environmental reporting. This system would allow individuals and businesses to submit required information through a single point of contact, using either one electronic system or one paper form, and at one time during the year if they have multiple annual reporting obligations. The bill also aims to standardize data formats and terminology to be understandable to those without environmental expertise.

The bill affects individuals, businesses, and government agencies that are required to report environmental information to the EPA. It would provide access to pollution prevention technologies and practices and protect confidential business information. The legislation explicitly states it does not require anyone to use the new system if they prefer existing methods, nor does it change what information must be reported or grant the EPA authority to demand new data or eliminate existing reporting requirements.

This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on October 6, 2000, and its current status is "Introduced." It has not advanced further in the legislative process as of the information provided. If it were to move forward, it would need to be considered by committees, potentially amended, and passed by both the House and the Senate before being sent to the President for signature into law.

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Official summary

Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to integrate and streamline reporting requirements.Requires the Administrator, to ensure consistency and facilitate use of the integrated reporting program, to: (1) allow each person required to submit information to the Administrator to report to one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of any person subject to more than one annual reporting requirement, at one time during the year; (2) identify environmental or occupational safety or health reporting requirements that are not administered by the Administrator; (3) implement data standards and a nomenclature understandable to persons without environmental expertise; (4) consolidate reporting of information that would be required to be reported at more than one point in the same data submission; (5) provide for data formats and submission protocols that conform with public-domain standards for electronic commerce, are accessible to a majority of reporting persons, and provide for data integrity and reliability; (6) publish a document that the Administrator shall use as the framework for databases in which reported data are kept and that the Administrator shall allow other Federal agencies and governments to use; (7) establish an electronic service center to assist reporting persons; (8) provide each reporting person access to scientifically sound, publicly available information on pollution prevention technologies and practices; (9) provide protection of confidential business information; and (10) promote development of software that helps reporting persons in assembling and submitting information and receiving information on pollution prevention technologies and practices .Provides that nothing in this Act requires a person to use the integrated reporting program instead of an existing reporting method.(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator, at the request of any Federal, State, tribal, or local agency, to coordinate the integration of reporting required under this Act with similar efforts by the agency that are consistent with this Act.Authorizes the Administrator to develop a procedure under which a person that is required to report information under laws administered by the Administrator and laws administered by a State, tribal, or local agency to report all required information through one point of contact using a single electronic system or paper form and, in the case of persons subject to more than one annual reporting requirement, at one time during the year.Directs the Administrator, to facilitate reporting by persons with facilities in more than one State, tribal, or local jurisdiction, to encourage the use of a common data format by any State, tribal, or local agency coordinating with the Administrator.(Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on provisions of law that explicitly prohibit or hinder the integration of reporting and other actions required under this Act.(Sec. 7) Provides that nothing in this Act: (1) changes any provision of Federal, State, tribal, or local law or the obligation of any person to comply with any provision of law; (2) alters any person's obligation to provide information required under any reporting requirement; or (3) authorizes the Administrator to require the reporting of additional information or to eliminate the reporting of information currently required to be reported.(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.

Timeline

  1. 20 Oct 2000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

Common questions

What does H.R. 5422 do?
H.R. 5422, the Streamlined Environmental Reporting and Pollution Prevention Act of 2000, would direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator to create a unified system for environmental reporting. This system would allow individuals and businesses to submit required information through a single point of contact, using either one electronic system or one paper form, and at one time during the year if they have multiple annual reporting obligations. The bill also aims to standardize data formats and terminology to be understandable to those without environmental expertise. The bill affects individuals, businesses, and government agencies that are required to report environmental information to the EPA. It would provide access to pollution prevention technologies and practices and protect confidential business information. The legislation explicitly states it does not require anyone to use the new system if they prefer existing methods, nor does it change what information must be reported or grant the EPA authority to demand new data or eliminate existing reporting requirements. This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on October 6, 2000, and its current status is "Introduced." It has not advanced further in the legislative process as of the information provided. If it were to move forward, it would need to be considered by committees, potentially amended, and passed by both the House and the Senate before being sent to the President for signature into law.
Has H.R. 5422 become law?
The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 5422. Check the latest action and official source below.
Who sponsored H.R. 5422?
H.R. 5422 was sponsored by Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] (R-FL), with 3 cosponsors.
What's the latest action on H.R. 5422?
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (20 Oct 2000).

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