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Union Calendar No. 215 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1633 

[Report No. 112–316] 

To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient 

air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit 

Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is 

regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2011 

Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. HURT, Mr. BOSWELL, and Mr. KISSELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

DECEMBER 6, 2011 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LONG, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GRAVES

of Missouri, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SMITH of 

Nebraska, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. JONES, Mr. HERGER, Mr. GOODLATTE, 

Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Ms. 

JENKINS, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 

MCKINLEY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PAUL, 

Mr. PEARCE, Mr. COLE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 

CRAWFORD, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. LATTA, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. CANSECO, 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, 

Mr. OLSON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 

CHAFFETZ, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 

WALDEN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LUCAS, 

Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. POMPEO, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. WITTMAN, 

Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 

LATHAM, Mr. SCHILLING, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. FLAKE, Mrs. BACHMANN, 

Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 

DESJARLAIS, Mr. BERG, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. HALL, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 

KLINE, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. CARTER, Mrs. MILLER of 

Michigan, Mr. YODER, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 

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VERT, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, 

Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. TERRY, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CASSIDY, 

Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BROUN of 

Georgia, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. HARPER, and Mr. PENCE

DECEMBER 6, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any 

national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse 

particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated 

under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm Dust Regulation 

5 Prevention Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION AGAINST REVISING ANY 

7 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD 

8 APPLICABLE TO COARSE PARTICULATE MAT9 TER. 

10 Before the date that is one year after the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ12 mental Protection Agency may not propose, finalize, im13 plement, or enforce any regulation revising the national 

14 primary ambient air quality standard or the national sec15 ondary ambient air quality standard applicable to particu16 late matter with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 

17 2.5 micrometers under section 109 of the Clean Air Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 7409). 

19 SEC. 3. NUISANCE DUST. 

20 Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 

21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 132. REGULATION OF NUISANCE DUST PRIMARILY BY 

23 STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

25 (b), this Act does not apply to, and references in this Act 


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1 to particulate matter are deemed to exclude, nuisance 

2 dust. 

3 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply 

4 with respect to any geographic area in which nuisance 

5 dust is not regulated under State, tribal, or local law inso6 far as the Administrator finds that— 

7 ‘‘(1) nuisance dust (or any subcategory of nui8 sance dust) causes substantial adverse public health 

9 and welfare effects at ambient concentrations; and 

10 ‘‘(2) the benefits of applying standards and 

11 other requirements of this Act to nuisance dust (or 

12 such subcategory of nuisance dust) outweigh the 

13 costs (including local and regional economic and em14 ployment impacts) of applying such standards and 

15 other requirements to nuisance dust (or such sub16 category). 

17 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘nui18 sance dust’ means particulate matter— 

19 ‘‘(1) generated from natural sources, unpaved 

20 roads, agricultural activities, earth moving, or other 

21 activities typically conducted in rural areas; or 

22 ‘‘(2) consisting primarily of soil, other natural 

23 or biological materials, windblown dust, or some 

24 combination thereof.’’. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm Dust Regulation 

3 Prevention Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION AGAINST REVISING ANY 

5 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD 

6 APPLICABLE TO COARSE PARTICULATE MAT7 TER. 

8 Before the date that is one year after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ10 mental Protection Agency may not propose, finalize, imple11 ment, or enforce any regulation revising the national pri12 mary ambient air quality standard or the national sec13 ondary ambient air quality standard applicable to particu14 late matter with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 2.5 

15 micrometers under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 7409). 

17 SEC. 3. NUISANCE DUST. 

18 Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 

19 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 132. REGULATION OF NUISANCE DUST PRIMARILY BY 

21 STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

23 (b), this Act does not apply to, and references in this Act 

24 to particulate matter are deemed to exclude, nuisance dust. 

25 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply with 

26 respect to any geographic area in which nuisance dust is 


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1 not regulated under State, tribal, or local law insofar as 

2 the Administrator finds that— 

3 ‘‘(1) nuisance dust (or any subcategory of nui4 sance dust) causes substantial adverse public health 

5 and welfare effects at ambient concentrations; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the benefits of applying standards and other 

7 requirements of this Act to nuisance dust (or such 

8 subcategory of nuisance dust) outweigh the costs (in9 cluding local and regional economic and employment 

10 impacts) of applying such standards and other re11 quirements to nuisance dust (or such subcategory). 

12 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘nuisance dust’ means particulate 

14 matter that— 

15 ‘‘(A) is generated primarily from natural 

16 sources, unpaved roads, agricultural activities, 

17 earth moving, or other activities typically con18 ducted in rural areas; 

19 ‘‘(B) consists primarily of soil, other nat20 ural or biological materials, or some combina21 tion thereof; 

22 ‘‘(C) is not emitted directly into the ambi23 ent air from combustion, such as exhaust from 

24 combustion engines and emissions from sta25 tionary combustion processes; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) is not comprised of residuals from the 

2 combustion of coal; and 

3 ‘‘(2) the term ‘nuisance dust’ does not include 

4 radioactive particulate matter produced from ura5 nium mining or processing.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 215 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1633 

[Report No. 112–316] 

A BILL 

To establish a temporary prohibition against revisor local law, and for other purposes. which such dust is regulated under State, tribal, Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in plicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit ing any national ambient air quality standard apDECEMBER 6, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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