Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires community air monitoring systems be installed near petroleum refineries that meet certain requirements to expand the areas in which these air monitoring systems must be installed.

Highlights:

• Requires community air monitoring systems be installed near petroleum refineries that meet certain requirements to expand the areas in which these air monitoring systems must be installed (Sec. 2).

• Expands the definitions of a refinery for the purposes of this bill to include related facilities located on contiguous or adjacent properties, as well as storage tanks, sulfur recovery plants, port terminals, electric generation plants, and hydrogen plants (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 3).

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