Bill > S1772

This bill establishes a national mercury monitoring program to track long-term trends in atmospheric mercury concentrations, deposition, and mercury levels in watersheds, surface water, and fish and wildlife across terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems. The program will select multiple monitoring sites representing various ecoregions and associated coastal waters, and coordinate with existing environmental monitoring programs. The bill requires the establishment of a centralized database for mercury data and an advisory committee of scientists to advise on the program's implementation. It also mandates periodic reports to Congress on relevant trends and an assessment of mercury deposition rates needed to prevent adverse effects, and requires the public disclosure of all data obtained under the program.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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