,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #achh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,levin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,durbin1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 and ,mr4       
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,secretary of ,health and   
,human ,services1 in consultation with  
the ,administrator of the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency and the ,secretary 
of ,energy1 to conduct a study on the   
public health and environmental impacts 
of the production1 transportation1      
storage1 and use of petroleum coke1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,petroleum ,coke ,transparency and      
,public ,health ,study ,act4  #b4       
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,in the past several years1      
,united ,states crude oil refineries    
have grown their coking capacity to     

accommodate the conversion of heavy     
crude oils into refined petroleum       
products4  7#b7 ,as coking capacity has 
grown1 the domestic production of       
petroleum coke is expected to grow1     
leading to increases in the storage1    
transportation1 and use of the material4
  7#c7 ,in ,detroit1 piles of petroleum 
coke have been stored in the open air on
 the banks of the ,detroit ,river4  7#d7
 ,state regulators1 communities1 and    
industry stakeholders would benefit from
 a complete understanding of petroleum  
coke and the potential impact on public 
health and the environment related to   
the production1 transportation1 storage1
 and use of petroleum coke4  #c4 ,study 
of petroleum coke public health and     
environmental impacts  7a7 ,in general  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in consultation with the     
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency and the ,secretary  

of ,energy1 shall transmit to ,congress 
the results of a study concerning       
petroleum coke that shall include the   
following3  7#a7 ,an analysis of the    
public health and environmental impacts 
of the production1 transportation1      
storage1 and use of petroleum coke4     
7#b7 ,an assessment of potential        
approaches and best practices for       
storing1 transporting1 and managing     
petroleum coke4  7#c7 ,a quantitative   
analysis of current and projected       
domestic petroleum coke production and  
utilization locations4  7b7 ,best       
available science ,the study under      
subsection 7a7 shall be carried out     
using the best available science with   
the solicitation of readily available   
information from appropriate ,state     
agencies1 nonprofit entities1 academic  
entities1 and industry4  #d4            
,consolidation of petroleum coke        
research ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       

,services shall compile and publish on a
 publicly available website the results 
of the study conducted under section #c4