,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #i1  
#bjac,mr4 ,vitter 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,inhofe1 and ,mr4 ,crapo7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,clean ,air ,act  
to clarify the definition of accidental 
release1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,general ,duty ,clarification ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,prevention of accidental
 releases ,section #aab7r7 of the ,clean
 ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdab7r77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 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 ,in  
general ,not later than #ab months after
 the date of enactment of the ,general  
,duty ,clarification ,act of #bjac1 the 

,administrator shall promulgate         
regulations defining the terms extremely
 hazardous substance1 appropriate hazard
 assessment techniques1 and design and  
maintain a safe facility as used in this
 subsection4  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 this paragraph is enforced 
by the regional offices of the          
,environmental ,protection ,agency in a 
uniform and appropriate manner across   
all regions of the ,united ,states4  2  
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b77;,a71 by         
inserting 1 other than an emission      
resulting from an act intended to cause 
harm before the period at the end2 and  
7#c7 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