US SB4369 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-29 - 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]
Status: Introduced on July 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-29 - 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]
Summary
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement policies, programs, and regulations related to air quality monitoring. Specifically, the EPA must implement a program using specified methods and technologies to administer or conduct the best available form of fenceline monitoring (i.e., monitoring of ambient air concentration using technology at a site's property line) of specified stationary sources of hazardous air pollutants. The stationary sources to be monitored must include the 25 high-priority facilities named in the EPA Inspector General report (#20-N-0128) from March 31, 2020, and at least another 25 major sources or synthetic area sources. Among other requirements, the EPA must also determine whether whether to add fenceline monitoring for any additional stationary sources, complete an evaluation and promulgate a determination on whether any existing emission factors must be updated to better reflect or account for the results of fenceline monitoring data collected under the established program, promulgate regulations establishing emission standards for specified source categories, require an additional 80 National Core multi-pollutant monitoring stations, and deploy at least 1,000 air quality sensors to monitor specified pollutants in census tracts or counties with per capita death rates from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are at least 10% higher than the national average. Finally, the Department of Health and Human Services and the EPA must carry out a Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research grant program to establish and support at least 10 research centers.
Title
Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020
Sponsors
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] |
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-07-29 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
Same As/Similar To
HB7822 (Same As) 2020-07-29 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental protection
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Research administration and funding
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental protection
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Research administration and funding
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4369/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4369/BILLS-116s4369is.pdf |