Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5280 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO AERONAUT ICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT
16	16	Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Solomon, Bennett, Vella-Wilkinson, and
17	17	Shanley
18	18	Date Introduced: February 01, 2023
19	19	Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources
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22	22	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1. Section 1-7-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 1-7 entitled "The Permanent 1
24	24	Air Quality Monitoring Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
25	25	1-7-9. Monitoring actions required and compliance — Sunset provision. 3
26	26	(a) On or before January 31, 2017, and on or before January 31, 2018, and January 31, 4
27	27	2019, thereafter, the department of environmental management, the department of health, and the 5
28	28	attorney general shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the 6
29	29	senate, recommendations as to the continuation of the air monitoring required in this act. 7
30	30	(b) Unless extended by the general assembly, the corporation’s obligation to operate and 8
31	31	maintain the air monitoring system will cease on July 31, 2023; provided, this sunset date shall be 9
32	32	dependent upon the corporation undertaking and completing the following actions prior to July 31, 10
33	33	2023 five (5) years after the completion of the freight terminal construction: 11
34	34	(1) As part of the long-term air-quality monitoring program, ambient air-quality monitors 12
35	35	shall be set up in a network that shall include at least four (4) monitoring sites in the area of and 13
36	36	surrounding Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. These monitors shall be designed, 14
37	37	placed, and maintained so as to measure air-quality impacts from airport operations, including those 15
38	38	impacts associated with planes operating on the extended runway and on neighborhoods adjacent 16
39	39	to the airport facility, and at the Winslow Park playing fields. In addition to the quarterly summary 17
40	40	reports prepared by the corporation based on this data, the corporation shall compile at least twenty 18
41	41	(20) months of complete air quality monitoring data from these monitors and submit that data to 19
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45	45	the department of health prior to May 1, 2023, pursuant to § 1-7-6; and 1
46	46	(2) The corporation shall comply with all other reporting and publishing requirements set 2
47	47	forth in this chapter. 3
48	48	(c) The corporation shall provide long-term air quality monitoring for the areas surrounding 4
49	49	the Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport for an additional five (5) years after the 5
50	50	completion of the freight terminal. 6
51	51	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 7
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58	58	EXPLANATION
59	59	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
60	60	OF
61	61	A N A C T
62	62	RELATING TO AERONAUT ICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT
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64	64	This act would mandate an additional five (5) year period of air quality monitoring, after 1
65	65	completion of the freight terminal, of the area surrounding the Rhode Island T.F. Green 2
66	66	International Airport. 3
67	67	This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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