S 1781 Introduced – Accidental Release

Earlier this week I noted that Sen. Vitter (R,LA) introduced S 1781, General Duty Clarification Act of 2013. This is a much delayed companion bill to HR 888 which was introduced in the House last February. This bill (and its companion that has yet to be acted upon in the House) would restrict the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to require, under the General Duty Clause of the Clean Air Act, the use of inherently safer technology as a security measure at chemical facilities with significant inventories of toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) chemicals.

This bill has no chance of being considered in either committee or on the floor of the Senate.

Bills Introduced – 12-09-13

As we approach the end of the first year of the 113^th Congress there were only 16 bills introduced yesterday and only one of those might end up being of specific interest to readers of this blog; a Clean Air Act amendment.

S 1781 Latest Title: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify the definition of accidental release, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David (R,LA)