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[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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