Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2020
Latest action · Apr 17, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 17, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2020
This bill requires the owner or operator of a facility where hazardous chemicals are produced, used, or stored to hold a public meeting within 72 hours of the release of an extremely hazardous substance. The owner or operator must publish a notice in a local newspaper, giving at least 24 hours of notice before the public meeting. Such notice must be posted at a local library, other local government buildings, and on the facility's public website.
The bill also requires the owner or operator of a facility to hold an annual public meeting, where specified information regarding the extremely hazardous substances at the facility must be disclosed. Notice for such meeting must be published in a local newspaper at least a week in advance of the meeting. The bill provides for a civil penalty if such public meeting and notice requirements are not met.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Civil actions and liability
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Industrial facilities
- Libraries and archives
- News media and reporting
- Public participation and lobbying
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2020Introduced in House
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