US Congress Senate Bill 3529 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

General Duty Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to provisions relating to the prevention of accidental releases of hazardous air pollutants, to provide that no entity may be found in violation of such provisions until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) promulgates final regulations establishing criteria defining the terms "extremely hazardous substance," "appropriate hazard assessment techniques," and "design and maintain a safe facility"; and (2) issues guidelines to ensure that enforcement of such provisions is handled by the regional offices of EPA in a uniform and appropriate manner across all regions of the United States. Modifies the definition of "accidental release" to exclude an emission resulting from an intentional act.

General Duty Clarification Act of 2012

Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB6345 (Related) 2012-08-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3529/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3529/BILLS-112s3529is.pdf