General Duty Clarification Act of 2012

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Introduced

11 September 2012

Last action

11 September 2012 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summary

General Duty Clarification Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to provisions relating to the prevention of accidental releases of hazardous air pollutants, to provide that no entity may be found in violation of such provisions until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) promulgates final regulations establishing criteria defining the terms "extremely hazardous substance," "appropriate hazard assessment techniques," and "design and maintain a safe facility"; and (2) issues guidelines to ensure that enforcement of such provisions is handled by the regional offices of EPA in a uniform and appropriate manner across all regions of the United States. Modifies the definition of "accidental release" to exclude an emission resulting from an intentional act.

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Timeline

11 September 2012
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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11 September 2012
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3529
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3529
us · 112-s-3529 · source updated 6 December 2025