A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to accidental release prevention requirements of risk management programs under the Clean Air Act.

Bill: 115-sjres-28
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2017-03-02
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Congressional oversight

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Environmental technology

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Industrial facilities

Manufacturing
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule entitled, &quot;Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act.&quot; The rule addresses safety at facilities that use and distribute hazardous chemicals. It was published on January 13, 2017.</p>

tv_txt: IIA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 28 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2, 2017 Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Johnson , Mr. Moran , and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to accidental release prevention requirements of risk management programs under the Clean Air Act.

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to accidental release prevention requirements of risk management programs under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) (84 Fed. Reg. 4594; January 13, 2017), and such rule shall have no force or effect.