42 U.S.C. § 13557 — Sense of Congress on risk assessments
submitted 21 years ago by Pub. L. 102-486 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 67 words · no verdicts yet
Congress expressed its view — not a binding rule — that federal agencies assessing health and environmental risks from energy activities should use sound, objective science. They should weigh the best available science, including peer-reviewed studies, and explain how strong the scientific evidence is.
It is Congress's sense — a statement of opinion, not a binding legal requirement — that federal agencies assessing risks to human health and the environment from energy technology, production, transport, transmission, distribution, storage, use, or conservation should use sound and objective scientific practices*. They should consider the best available science, including peer-reviewed studies, and describe how strong the scientific evidence is regarding those risks.
It is the sense of Congress that Federal agencies conducting assessments of risks to human health and the environment from energy technology, production, transport, transmission, distribution, storage, use, or conservation activities shall use sound and objective scientific practices* in assessing such risks, shall consider the best available science (including peer reviewed studies), and shall include a description of the weight of the scientific evidence concerning such risks.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XXX, § 3022, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XIV, § 1401, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1061.)
- 2005Enacted · Pub. L. 102-486 · 119 Stat. 1061
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