[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2430 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2430

To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 
     to exclude certain air emissions from emergency notification 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
  Daines, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Moran, Mr. Scott of 
Florida, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Budd, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 
     to exclude certain air emissions from emergency notification 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF AIR EMISSIONS FROM ANIMALS WASTE AT FARMS FROM 
              EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 304(a)(4) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-
Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11004(a)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        or'';
            (2) by striking ``release which'' and inserting the 
        following: ``release--
                    ``(A) that''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) of air emissions from animal waste (as 
                defined in section 103(e)(2) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 
                9603(e)(2)) (including decomposing animal waste) at a 
                farm (as defined in that section).''.
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