HR 5435 · 100th Congress · Environmental Protection
Comprehensive Environmental Risk Management Act of 1988
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.(1988-11-03)
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Comprehensive Environmental Risk Management Act of 1988 - Expresses the U.S. policy regarding Federal environmental protection activities administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, including that such activities shall attain the greatest risk reduction possible with the resources available. Requires the Administrator of EPA to act to protect human health and the environment on the basis of careful assessment of risks and evaluation of control options for their management. Requires the development of risk assessment guidelines covering specified elements, including mutagenicity assessment, carcinogenicity assessment, exposure estimates, reproductive risks, and ecological effects. Requires guidelines to include hazard determinations, dose response assessments, exposure assessments, and risk characterizations. Requires a report to the Congress projecting the net risk reduction and costs that would result from control and abatement of environmental hazards in accordance with this Act. Requires inclusion of a list of human and environmental risks with which the EPA is concerned and the potency, exposure, and other information for each risk. Requires recurring reports every fou…
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3 Democrats5 Republicans