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This bill, the Cumulative Impacts Act of 2023, establishes a federal program to assess the cumulative impacts of environmental pollution in the permitting processes under the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act. It defines "cumulative impacts" as the combined past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future environmental and public health risks from multiple pollution sources in a specific geographical area, taking into account vulnerable populations. The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny permits or include additional pollution control measures if the cumulative impacts would not ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm to the general population or susceptible subpopulations. It also requires major source permit applicants to submit a cumulative impacts analysis and, for persistent violators, a plan to achieve and maintain compliance.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4592/all-info