Hawaii has six active volcanoes, five of which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) considers threatening to people and property. Hawaii’s volcanoes formed the Hawaiian island chain from a hotspot plume over millions of years, and all of the islands are composed of one or more shield volcanoes. On the island of Hawaii, K…
A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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In 2019, Congress established a National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (NVEWS; P.L. 116-9, §5001; 43 U.S.C. §31k). The law directed the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish NVEWS to monitor volcanoes, warn U.S. citizens of volcanic activi…
Alaska has about 140 active volcanoes, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) considers 86 to be threatening to people and property. Most of Alaska’s active volcanoes are stratovolcanoes, capable of explosive and effusive eruptions potentially impacting local, regional, and global communities and aviation. A primary ri…
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