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HR 4707 107th Congress House

Arsenic-Treated Lumber Prohibition and Disposal Act

Official title: To prohibit the use of arsenic-treated lumber to manufacture playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, and decks, and for all other residential purposes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 9, 2002 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative procedureAgriculture and FoodArsenicBuilding materials
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May 17, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
May 16, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
May 10, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E780)
May 9, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 9, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 17, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Arsenic-Treated Lumber Prohibition and Disposal Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations prohibiting the use of lumber treated with a pesticide that is a chromated copper arsenical (CCA lumber) in the manufacture, production, or use of any product that may be used for or by children and for any residential purpose.

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) list CCA lumber as a hazardous waste; (2) require disposal of discarded CCA lumber, notwithstanding regulations exempting certain solid wastes from the definition of hazardous waste, in a lined landfill with a leachate system and groundwater monitoring system; (3) require the Administrator to conduct an assessment of the risks of CCA lumber production and use; and (4) direct the Administrator to promulgate regulations for the gradual cessation and prohibition of production of such lumber.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop and conduct an educational program to assist consumers, municipalities, and school systems in testing arsenic levels and making decisions concerning CCA lumber containment and removal; and (2) establish a pilot program of grants and technical assistance to assist school systems in removal of playground and other equipment containing CCA lumber and remediation activities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Independent 1
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 12, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 9, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 9, 2002
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· May 9, 2002
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· May 9, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 9, 2002
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 9, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 9, 2002
QUINN, JACK
· May 9, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 9, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4707: Arsenic-Treated Lumber Prohibition and Disposal Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4707/
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