(b) CONSIDERATION
OF TECHNOLOGICAL FEASI-
BILITY.—Section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7409(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after the first 
sentence the following: ‘‘If the Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the independent scientific review committee ap-
pointed under subsection (d), finds that a range of levels 
of air quality for an air pollutant are requisite to protect 
public health with an adequate margin of safety, as de-
scribed in the preceding sentence, the Administrator may 
consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological 
feasibility in establishing and revising the national pri-
mary ambient air quality standard for such pollutant.’’. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF ADVERSE PUBLIC HEALTH, 
WELFARE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, OR ENERGY EFFECTS.— 
Section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7409(d)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) Prior to establishing or revising a national am-
bient air quality standard, the Administrator shall re-
quest, and such committee shall provide, advice under sub-
paragraph (C)(iv) regarding any adverse public health, 
welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may re-
sult from various strategies for attainment and mainte-
nance of such national ambient air quality standard.’’. 
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(d) TIMELY ISSUANCE OF IMPLEMENTING REGULA-
TIONS AND GUIDANCE.—Section 109 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7409) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) TIMELY ISSUANCE OF IMPLEMENTING REGULA-
TIONS AND GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In publishing any final rule 
establishing or revising a national ambient air qual-
ity standard, the Administrator shall, as the Admin-
istrator determines necessary to assist States, per-
mitting authorities, and permit applicants, concur-
rently publish regulations and guidance for imple-
menting the standard, including information relating 
to submission and consideration of a preconstruction 
permit application under the new or revised stand-
ard. 
‘‘(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
STANDARD
TO 
PRECONSTRUCTION
PERMITTING.—If the Adminis-
trator fails to publish final regulations and guidance 
that include information relating to submission and 
consideration of a preconstruction permit application 
under a new or revised national ambient air quality 
standard concurrently with such standard, then such 
standard shall not apply to the review and disposi-
tion of a preconstruction permit application until the 
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Administrator has published such final regulations 
and guidance. 
‘‘(3) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(A) Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to preclude the Administrator from 
issuing regulations and guidance to assist 
States, permitting authorities, and permit appli-
cants in implementing a national ambient air 
quality standard subsequent to publishing regu-
lations and guidance for such standard under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to eliminate the obligation of a 
preconstruction permit applicant to install best 
available control technology and lowest achiev-
able emission rate technology, as applicable. 
‘‘(C) Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to limit the authority of a State, 
local, or tribal permitting authority to impose 
more stringent emissions requirements pursu-
ant to State, local, or tribal law than national 
ambient air quality standards. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) The term ‘best available control tech-
nology’ has the meaning given to that term in 
section 169(3). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘lowest achievable emission 
rate’ has the meaning given to that term in sec-
tion 171(3). 
‘‘(C) The term ‘preconstruction permit’— 
‘‘(i) means a permit that is required 
under part C or D for the construction or 
modification of a major emitting facility or 
major stationary source; and 
‘‘(ii) includes any such permit issued 
by the Environmental Protection Agency 
or a State, local, or tribal permitting au-
thority.’’. 
(e) CONTINGENCY MEASURES FOR EXTREME OZONE 
NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—Section 172(c)(9) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(9)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding 
sentences and any other provision of this Act, such meas-
ures shall not be required for any nonattainment area for 
ozone classified as an Extreme Area.’’. 
(f) PLAN SUBMISSIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR 
OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS.—Section 182 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511a) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting 
‘‘and economic feasibility’’ after ‘‘technological 
achievability’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘and economic feasibility’’ after ‘‘technological 
achievability’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5) of subsection (e), by strik-
ing ‘‘, if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction 
of the Administrator that—’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the paragraph and inserting a 
period. 
(g) PLAN REVISIONS FOR MILESTONES FOR PARTIC-
ULATE
MATTER
NONATTAINMENT
AREAS.—Section 
189(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7513a(c)(1)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, which take into account techno-
logical achievability and economic feasibility,’’ before ‘‘and 
which demonstrate reasonable further progress’’. 
(h) EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS.—Section 319(b)(1)(B) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7619(b)(1)(B)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(i) stagnation of air 
masses or’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)(I) ordinarily oc-
curring stagnation of air masses or (II)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
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(2) by striking clause (ii); and 
(3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). 
(i) REPORT ON EMISSIONS EMANATING FROM OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Not later than 24 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, 
in consultation with States, shall submit to the Congress 
a report on— 
(1) the extent to which foreign sources of air 
pollution, including emissions from sources located 
outside North America, impact— 
(A) designations of areas (or portions 
thereof) as nonattainment, attainment, or 
unclassifiable under section 107(d) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)); and 
(B) attainment and maintenance of na-
tional ambient air quality standards; 
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency’s pro-
cedures and timelines for disposing of petitions sub-
mitted pursuant to section 179B(b) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7509a(b)); 
(3) the total number of petitions received by the 
Agency pursuant to such section 179B(b), and for 
each such petition the date initially submitted and 
the date of final disposition by the Agency; and 
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(4) whether the Administrator recommends any 
statutory changes to facilitate the more efficient re-
view and disposition of petitions submitted pursuant 
to such section 179B(b). 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) 
BEST
AVAILABLE
CONTROL
TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘best available control tech-
nology’’ has the meaning given to that term in sec-
tion 169(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7479(3)). 
(3) LOWEST
ACHIEVABLE
EMISSION
RATE.— 
The term ‘‘lowest achievable emission rate’’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 171(3) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501(3)). 
(4) NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STAND-
ARD.—The term ‘‘national ambient air quality 
standard’’ means a national ambient air quality 
standard promulgated under section 109 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409). 
(5) PRECONSTRUCTION
PERMIT.—The term 
‘‘preconstruction permit’’— 
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(A) means a permit that is required under 
part C or D of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7470 et seq.) for the construction or 
modification of a major emitting facility or 
major stationary source; and 
(B) includes any such permit issued by the 
Environmental Protection Agency or a State, 
local, or tribal permitting authority. 
(6) 2015 OZONE STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘2015 
ozone standards’’ means the national ambient air 
quality standards for ozone published in the Federal 
Register on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292). 
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