Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 4369
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jul 29, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 29, 2020
Latest Action
Jul 29, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4369
Congress
116
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Primary focus of measure is regulation of pollution including from hazardous substances and radioactive releases; climate change and greenhouse gases; environmental assessment and research; solid waste and recycling; ecology. Measures concerning energy exploration, efficiency, and conservation may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Illinois
Democrat
Illinois
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
New Jersey
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020

This bill 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.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
07/29/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
07/29/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:45:33 PM