(a) The Mayor may issue proposed rules establishing radon screening, testing, or mitigation programs in the District that are in compliance with any recommendations or guidelines published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day review period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules by resolution within the 45-day period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved. Nothing in this section shall affect any requirements imposed upon the Mayor by subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.
(b) The Mayor may issue emergency rules, without prior Council approval, which shall be effective for not more than 120 days.
CREDIT(S)
(Mar. 13, 1993, D.C. Law 9-183, § 2(b), 39 DCR 8206.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 28-4202.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 9-183, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 28-4201.