3.0.0 1781 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z Senate S S 2013-12-09 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-12-09T21:07:36Z General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 113 888 HR 2013-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Related bill CRS 2013-12-09 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2013-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2013-12-09 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2013-12-09 True Environmental Protection Accidents Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Environmental Protection 00 2013-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2014-01-24T22:01:09Z General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to provisions relating to the prevention of accidental releases of hazardous air pollutants, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate final regulations establishing criteria defining the terms "extremely hazardous substance," "appropriate hazard assessment techniques," and "design and maintain a safe facility"; and (2) issue guidelines to ensure enforcement of such provisions 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 act intended to cause harm.

]]> General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 Display Title General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify the definition of accidental release, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1781is/xml/BILLS-113s1781is.xml 2013-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.