Mississippi House Bill 1486 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality To Establish A List Of Certain Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants That May Cause The Public, Especially Infants And Children, To Be Susceptible To Illness; To Require The Department To Review And Revise Any Control Measures Adopted For The Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants Identified On Such List Within Two Years Of The Establishment Of The List; To Require The Department To Prepare A Report On The Need For Rules Or Regulations For Up To Five Of Those Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants For Which No Control Measures Have Been Previously Adopted Within Three Years Of The Establishment Of Such List; To Require The Department To Adopt Within That Same Three-year Timeframe Any New Control Measures To Reduce Exposure To Those Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants To Protect Public Health, Particularly The Health Of Infants And Children; To Require The Department To Annually Evaluate At Least Fifteen Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants Identified Or Designated By The Department And Provide Threshold Exposure Levels And Non-threshold Health Values For Those Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants; To Require The Department To Prepare A Report On The Need For Regulations For Up To Five Of The Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants Contained On Such List For Which No Control Measures Have Been Previously Adopted, Or For At Least Five Of The Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants If More Than Five Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants Have Been Identified; To Require The Department To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Reduce Emissions And Airborne Levels Of Such Toxic Air Pollutants And Contaminants To Comply With Certain Standards; To Provide That The Department Shall, With The Participation Of, And In Consultation With, Affected Sources, The Interested Public, And A Diverse Group Of Experts, Prepare A Report On The Need And Appropriate Degree Of Regulation For Each Substance Which The Department Has Determined To Be A Toxic Air Pollutant Or Contaminant; To Provide Certain Requirements For Such Report; To Provide That Such Report And Relevant Comments Received During Consultation With Affected Sources And The Public Shall Be Made Available For Public Review And Comment At Least Forty Five Days Prior To A Public Hearing; To Bring Forward Sections 49-2-31, 49-17-19, 49-17-21, 49-17-25, 49-17-27, 49-17-29, 49-17-31, 49-17-33, 49-17-34 And 49-17-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To Risk Assessment, Air Quality Standards, Public Notice Of Emergency, Adoption Of Regulations And Public Hearings, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; require to evaluate toxic air pollutants and contaminants and revise air quality standards.

Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Conservation and Water Resources

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49	17	19	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	21	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	25	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	27	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	29	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	31	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	33	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	34	New Code	See Bill Text
49	17	35	New Code	See Bill Text
49	2	31	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1486.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1486IN.htm