| Chapter 225 |
| 2021 -- S 0607 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/08/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT |
Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, and Anderson |
| Date Introduced: March 11, 2021 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 1-7-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 1-7 entitled "The Permanent |
| Air Quality Monitoring Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 1-7-9. Monitoring actions required and compliance -- Sunset provision. |
| (a) On or before January 31, 2017, and on or before January 31, 2018, and January 31, |
| 2019, thereafter, the department of environmental management, the department of health, and the |
| attorney general shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the |
| senate, recommendations as to the continuation of the air monitoring required in this act. |
| (b) Unless extended by the general assembly, the corporation's obligation to operate and |
| maintain the air monitoring system will cease on July 31, 2021 2023; provided, this sunset date |
| shall be dependent upon the corporation undertaking and completing the following actions prior to |
| July 31, 2021 2023: |
| (1) As part of the long-term air-quality monitoring program, ambient air-quality monitors |
| shall be set up in a network that shall include at least four (4) monitoring sites in the area of and |
| surrounding Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. These monitors shall be designed, |
| placed, and maintained so as to measure air-quality impacts from airport operations, including those |
| impacts associated with planes operating on the extended runway and on neighborhoods adjacent |
| to the airport facility, and at the Winslow Park playing fields. In addition to the quarterly summary |
| reports prepared by the corporation based on this data, the corporation shall compile at least twenty |
| (20) months of complete air quality monitoring data from these monitors and submit that data to |
| the department of health prior to May 1, 2021 2023, pursuant to ยง 1-7-6; and |
| (2) The corporation shall comply with all other reporting and publishing requirements set |
| forth in this chapter. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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