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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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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

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     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 2024; provided, this sunset date

shall be dependent upon the corporation undertaking and completing the following actions prior to

July 31, 2021 2024:

     (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 T.F. Green 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 2024, pursuant to § 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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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT

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     This act would extend the long-term air-quality monitoring program at T.F. Green Airport

to July 31, 2024.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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