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42 U.S.C. § 13557

Sense of Congress on risk assessments

Code
United States Code
Title
42
Section
13557
Text current through
Pub. L. 119-111

What does the statute say?

§ 13557. Sense of Congress on risk assessments

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.

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXX, § 3022, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XIV, § 1401, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1061.)

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