Yes, please. I note that mercury, at the time of the enactment of CEPA in 1999, was listed as number eight on the list of toxic substances, a clear indication that it's been there for some time.
The second observation is that we have a gap in those substances that were already listed at the time of enactment that don't fall into the timelines we have now. A substance that's added tomorrow will have some of the few timelines in the act for taking some action.
That's obviously the mechanical reason no action was taken, but of course Mr. Moffet is correct in saying this is the old answer of political will. Perhaps I was polite in framing the discussion about tightening discretion in the act, in terms of precaution, because it really should be addressed in terms of the lack of will to do that. This is why I was asking how we can change the act so that we can require action in more circumstances for substances like this.