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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4799 
To amend the Clean Air Act to give States adequate time to revise their 
State implementation plans to prevent emissions activity within such 
States from contributing significantly to nonattainment in, or interfering 
with maintenance by, any other State with respect to any national ambi-
ent air quality standard, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2014 
Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
LONG, and Mr. CONAWAY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to give States adequate time 
to revise their State implementation plans to prevent 
emissions activity within such States from contributing 
significantly to nonattainment in, or interfering with 
maintenance by, any other State with respect to any 
national ambient air quality standard, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Air Fairness 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. GIVING STATES ADEQUATE TIME TO REVISE SIPS 
TO ADDRESS INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF 
AIR EMISSIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT.—Section 
110(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Notwithstanding the 2-year period for promul-
gating a Federal implementation plan described in sub-
section (c)(1), the Administrator shall not promulgate a 
Federal implementation plan, and a State shall not be sub-
ject to any penalty under this Act, for failure of its State 
implementation plan to meet the requirements of para-
graph (2)(D)(i)(I) unless and until— 
‘‘(A) the Administrator, after providing notice 
and an opportunity for comment, promulgates a 
final rule identifying the emissions reductions nec-
essary to meet such requirements; and 
‘‘(B) the Administrator provides such State 
with at least 2 years from the date of promulgation 
of such final rule to revise its State implementation 
plan to provide for such emissions reductions.’’. 
(b) CROSS-STATE AIR POLLUTION RULE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 2-year 
period for promulgating a Federal implementation 
plan described in section 110(c)(1) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(c)(1)), the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall not pro-
mulgate, implement, or enforce a Federal implemen-
tation plan, and a State shall not be subject to any 
penalty under such Act, for failure of its State im-
plementation plan to meet the State’s obligations 
under section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 7410(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)) set forth in CSAPR un-
less and until— 
(A) the Administrator, after taking into 
consideration the Supreme Court’s decision in 
Environmental Protection Agency et al. v. EME 
Homer City Generation, L.P., et al., 134 S. Ct. 
1584 (2014), publishes a final notice in the 
Federal Register indicating the Administrator’s 
intent to implement and enforce such obliga-
tions; and 
(B) the Administrator provides such State 
with at least 2 years from the date of such pub-
lication to revise its State implementation plan 
to address such obligations. 
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(2) CSAPR DEFINITION.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘CSAPR’’ means the rule entitled ‘‘Federal 
Implementation Plans: Interstate Transport of Fine 
Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP 
Approvals’’ published at 76 Fed. Reg. 48208 (Au-
gust 8, 2011) and any subsequent revisions to such 
rule. 
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