U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 4510

Public Health Air Quality Act of 2022

A bill to protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, to require hazardous air pollutant monitoring at the fenceline of facilities whose emissions are linked to local health threats, to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require hazardous air pollutant data measurement and electronic submission at fencelines and stacks of industrial source categories, to expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, to deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Tammy DuckworthD-IL

Introduced

July 12, 2022, in the Senate

Issue areas

• Environment

Policy area

Environmental Protection (from the Congressional Research Service)

Full text and actions

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