Full Text of SR0082 97th General Assembly
SR0082 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, American consumers deserve to have confidence | 3 | | that the products they buy, when used for their intended | 4 | | purposes, are safe; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, A federal chemical management program should | 6 | | place protecting the public health, including children's | 7 | | health, as its highest priority, and should include strict | 8 | | government oversight; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The federal chemical management program should | 10 | | preserve America's role as the world's leading innovator and | 11 | | employer in the manufacture, processing, distribution in | 12 | | commerce, and use of chemicals; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The current chemical management law, the Toxic | 14 | | Substance Control Act (TSCA), was signed into law in 1976, and | 15 | | it is now nearly 35 years old; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Since the enactment of the law, our ability to | 17 | | understand the impact chemicals have on the human body and the | 18 | | environment has advanced significantly; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Those advancements in science and technology need | 20 | | to be integrated into the federal chemical management program; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Momentum for modernization of the federal | 3 | | chemical regulatory system is growing in Congress; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, A robust federal chemical management system will | 5 | | obviate the need for state governments to adopt potentially | 6 | | conflicting state regulatory programs that have the potential | 7 | | for negative impacts on the national economy; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the 112th | 10 | | Congress of the United States to enact federal legislation to | 11 | | modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 in order to: | 12 | | (1) ensure that chemicals are safe for their intended | 13 | | use; | 14 | | (2) require EPA to systematically prioritize chemicals | 15 | | for the purpose of assessing their safe use; | 16 | | (3) require that EPA act expeditiously and efficiently | 17 | | in assessing the safe use of chemicals; | 18 | | (4) require companies that manufacture, import, | 19 | | process, distribute, or use chemicals to provide EPA with | 20 | | relevant information to the extent necessary for EPA to | 21 | | make safe use determinations; | 22 | | (5) assure that the potential risks to children from | 23 | | exposures to chemicals are considered in the assessment of |
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| 1 | | safe use; | 2 | | (6) empower EPA to impose a range of risk management | 3 | | controls to ensure that chemicals are safe for their | 4 | | intended use; | 5 | | (7) encourage companies and EPA to work together to | 6 | | enhance public access to chemical health and safety | 7 | | information; | 8 | | (8) require that EPA rely on scientifically valid data | 9 | | and information, regardless of its source, including data | 10 | | and information reflecting modern advances in science and | 11 | | technology; | 12 | | (9) enable EPA to have the staff, resources, and | 13 | | regulatory tools it needs to ensure the safety of | 14 | | chemicals; and | 15 | | (10) ensure that TSCA remains a vehicle to promote and | 16 | | encourage technological innovation, and the maintenance of | 17 | | a globally competitive industry in the United States; and | 18 | | be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | delivered to members of the Illinois congressional delegation.
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