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 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 act intended to cause harm.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 888
To amend section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (relating to prevention of
accidental releases).
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 2013
Mr. Pompeo (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Long, and Mr. Latta)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (relating to prevention of
accidental releases).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``General Duty Clarification Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL RELEASES.
(a) Purpose and General Duty.--Paragraph (1) of section 112(r) of
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``It shall be the objective'' and inserting
the following:
``(A) In general.--It shall be the objective''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Regulations.--
``(i) Regulations.--Not later than 12
months after the date of enactment of the
General Duty Clarification Act of 2013, the
Administrator shall promulgate regulations
establishing criteria defining, for purposes of
this paragraph, the terms `extremely hazardous
substance', `appropriate hazard assessment
techniques', and `design and maintain a safe
facility'.
``(ii) Uniformity.--Not later than 18
months after the date of enactment of the
General Duty Clarification Act of 2013, the
Administrator shall issue guidelines to ensure
that enforcement of this paragraph is handled
by the regional offices of the Environmental
Protection Agency in a uniform and appropriate
manner across all regions of the United
States.''.
(b) Definition of Accidental Release.--Subparagraph (A) of section
112(r)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(2)) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, other than
such an emission resulting from an act intended to cause harm''.
(c) Designs, Approaches or Technologies.--Subsection (r) of section
112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(12) Designs, approaches, or technologies.--In exercising
any authority under this subsection, the Administrator shall
not, directly or indirectly, impose any obligation on any owner
or operator of any stationary source to consider or implement
particular designs, approaches, or technologies relating to
manufacturing, processing, handling, or storage.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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