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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 1352 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 8 | 8 | | SB1352 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 003050 |
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| 10 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; |
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| 13 | 13 | | Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to |
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| 14 | 14 | | toxic release inventory data. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 101, is amended by adding |
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| 18 | 18 | | the following as a new section: |
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| 19 | 19 | | No later than January 1, 2026, the department of environment and conservation |
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| 20 | 20 | | shall create and maintain an informational tool on the department's website that provides |
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| 21 | 21 | | data related to the presence of facilities that are required to submit toxic release |
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| 22 | 22 | | inventory data to the environmental protection agency pursuant to the Emergency |
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| 23 | 23 | | Planning and Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. ยง 11001 et seq.). The department shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | maintain the informational tool in a publicly accessible location. The tool must: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) Allow an individual to input an address and receive a list of: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) Facilities that are located within a five-mile radius of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | address; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) Notice of whether an application has been submitted for the |
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| 29 | 29 | | construction or expansion of a facility that may be subject to the toxic |
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| 30 | 30 | | release reporting requirements within a five-mile radius of the address, |
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| 31 | 31 | | and any information regarding the status of such application, including |
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| 32 | 32 | | any applicable comment or input period related to the application; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) Allow an individual to request receipt of a notice if an application for |
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| 34 | 34 | | the construction or expansion of a facility that may be subject to the toxic release |
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| 39 | 39 | | reporting requirements is submitted for a location within a five-mile radius of an |
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| 40 | 40 | | address specified by the individual making the request; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) Be updated using information that the department receives regarding |
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| 42 | 42 | | such facilities and applications, including information found in the toxic release |
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| 43 | 43 | | inventory data compiled and made publicly available by the environmental |
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| 44 | 44 | | protection agency. The department shall post such updates within ten (10) |
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| 45 | 45 | | business days of receipt of information that necessitates an update. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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