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Union Calendar No. 379 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1917 
[Report No. 115–509] 
To allow for judicial review of any final rule addressing national emission 
standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay 
products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance 
with such rule. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. ROBY, and Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
JANUARY 10, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr. 
BARR 
JANUARY 10, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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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 ‘‘Blocking Regulatory 
Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENDING COMPLIANCE DATES (PENDING JUDI-
CIAL REVIEW) OF RULES ADDRESSING NA-
TIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZ-
ARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR BRICK AND 
STRUCTURAL CLAY PRODUCTS MANUFAC-
TURING 
OR 
CLAY 
CERAMICS 
MANUFAC-
TURING. 
(a) EXTENSION OF COMPLIANCE DATES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Each compliance date of any 
final rule described in subsection (b) is deemed to be 
extended by the time period equal to the time period 
described in subsection (c). 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘compliance date’’ means, with respect to any re-
quirement of a final rule described in subsection (b), 
the date by which any State, local, or tribal govern-
ment or other person is first required to comply. 
(b) FINAL RULES DESCRIBED.—A final rule de-
scribed in this subsection is any final rule to address na-
tional emission standards for hazardous air pollutants 
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(NESHAP) for brick and structural clay products manu-
facturing or clay ceramics manufacturing under section 
112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412), including— 
(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘NESHAP for Brick 
and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing; and 
NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing’’ pub-
lished at 80 Fed. Reg. 65469 (October 26, 2015); 
(2) the final rule entitled ‘‘NESHAP for Brick 
and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing; and 
NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing: Correc-
tion’’ published at 80 Fed. Reg. 75817 (December 
4, 2015); and 
(3) any final rule that succeeds or amends the 
rule described in paragraph (1) or (2). 
(c) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The time period described 
in this subsection is the period of days that— 
(1) begins on the date that is 60 days after the 
day on which notice of promulgation of a final rule 
described in subsection (b) appears in the Federal 
Register; and 
(2) ends on the date on which judgment be-
comes final, and no longer subject to further appeal 
or review, in all actions (including actions that are 
filed pursuant to section 307 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7607))— 
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(A) that are filed during the 60 days de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and 
(B) that seek review of any aspect of such 
rule. 
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Union Calendar No. 379 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1917 
[Report No. 115–509] 
A BILL 
To allow for judicial review of any final rule ad-
dressing national emission standards for haz-
ardous air pollutants for brick and structural 
clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing 
before requiring compliance with such rule. 
JANUARY 10, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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