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Union Calendar No. 62 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2021 
[Report No. 112–108] 
To amend the Clean Air Act regarding air pollution from Outer Continental 
Shelf activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2011 
Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. TERRY, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. OLSON, and Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JUNE 16, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. COLE, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. CAS-
SIDY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. LATTA, Mr. HAR-
PER, Mr. LANCE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. WHITFIELD, 
Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. WALDEN, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska 
JUNE 16, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act regarding air pollution from 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs and Energy Per-
mitting Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENT. 
Section 328(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7627(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end of the second sentence the following: ‘‘, except that 
any air quality impact of any OCS source shall be meas-
ured or modeled, as appropriate, and determined solely 
with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore 
area’’. 
SEC. 3. OCS SOURCE. 
Section 328(a)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7627(a)(4)(C)) is amended in the matter following clause 
(iii) by striking ‘‘shall be considered direct emissions from 
the OCS source’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be considered direct 
emissions from the OCS source but shall not be subject 
to any emission control requirement applicable to the 
source under subpart 1 of part C of title I of this Act. 
For platform or drill ship exploration, an OCS source is 
established at the point in time when drilling commences 
at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends 
at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the 
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platform or drill ship relocates for weather or other rea-
sons.’’. 
SEC. 4. PERMITS. 
(a) PERMITS.—Section 328 of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7627) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
‘‘(d) PERMIT APPLICATION.—In the case of a com-
pleted application for a permit under this Act for platform 
or drill ship exploration for an OCS source— 
‘‘(1) final agency action (including any recon-
sideration of the issuance or denial of such permit) 
shall be taken not later than 6 months after the date 
of filing such completed application; 
‘‘(2) the Environmental Appeals Board of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall have no au-
thority to consider any matter regarding the consid-
eration, issuance, or denial of such permit; 
‘‘(3) no administrative stay of the effectiveness 
of such permit may extend beyond the date that is 
6 months after the date of filing such completed ap-
plication; 
‘‘(4) such final agency action shall be consid-
ered to be nationally applicable under section 
307(b); and 
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‘‘(5) judicial review of such final agency action 
shall be available only in accordance with such sec-
tion 307(b) without additional administrative review 
or adjudication.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 328(a)(4) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7627(a)(4)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘For purposes of subsections (a) and (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘For purposes of subsections (a), (b), and (d)’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 62 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2021 
[Report No. 112–108] 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act regarding air pollution 
from Outer Continental Shelf activities. 
JUNE 16, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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