,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bh1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,pompeo 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,matheson1 ,mr4 ,long1 and ,mr4 ,latta7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
section #aab7r7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 
7relating to prevention of accidental   
releases74  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,general ,duty      
,clarification ,act of #bjac4  #b4      
,prevention of accidental releases  7a7 
,purpose and general duty ,paragraph    
7#a7 of section #aab7r7 of the ,clean   
,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdab7r77 is   
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,it shall be
 the objective and inserting the        
following3  7,a7 ,in general ,it shall  
be the objective  2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7,b7         
,regulations  7i7 ,regulations ,not     
later than #ab months after the date of 
enactment of the ,general ,duty         

,clarification ,act of #bjac1 the       
,administrator shall promulgate         
regulations establishing criteria       
defining1 for purposes of this          
paragraph1 the terms extremely hazardous
 substance1 appropriate hazard          
assessment techniques1 and design and   
maintain a safe facility4  7ii7         
,uniformity ,not later than #ah months  
after the date of enactment of the      
,general ,duty ,clarification ,act of   
#bjac1 the ,administrator shall issue   
guidelines to ensure that enforcement of
 this paragraph is handled by the       
regional offices of the ,environmental  
,protection ,agency in a uniform and    
appropriate manner across all regions of
 the ,united ,states4  4  7b7           
,definition of accidental release       
,subparagraph 7,a7 of section           
#aab7r77#b7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gdab7r77#b77 is amended by  
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 other than such an     
emission resulting from an act intended 

to cause harm4  7c7 ,designs1 approaches
 or technologies ,subsection 7r7 of     
section #aab of the ,clean ,air ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdab7r77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7#ab7 
,designs1 approaches1 or technologies   
,in exercising any authority under this 
subsection1 the ,administrator shall    
not1 directly or indirectly1 impose any 
obligation on any owner or operator of  
any stationary source to consider or    
implement particular designs1           
approaches1 or technologies relating to 
manufacturing1 processing1 handling1 or 
storage4  4