Title: NOTICE Act of 2017
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Notify Officials, Towns, Individuals, and Cities of Electric Generating Facilities Act of 2017 or the NOTICE Act of 2017
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to require permitting authorities to notify nearby municipalities of permit applications and proposed permits. Permitting authorities must also notify nearby states and municipalities of permit modifications and renewals. Under current law, permitting authorities are required to only notify nearby states of a permit application or a proposed permit.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4992 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4992

 To amend the Clean Air Act to direct permitting authorities to notify 
     municipalities within 30 miles of a source of certain permit 
       applications and proposed permits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2018

  Ms. Esty of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. Lance) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to direct permitting authorities to notify 
     municipalities within 30 miles of a source of certain permit 
       applications and proposed permits, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Notify Officials, Towns, 
Individuals, and Cities of Electric Generating Facilities Act of 2017'' 
or the ``NOTICE Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENT.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 505(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7661d(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) The permitting authority shall notify--
            ``(A) all States--
                    ``(i) whose air quality may be affected and that 
                are contiguous to the State in which the emission 
                originates, or
                    ``(ii) that are within 50 miles of the source, and
            ``(B) all municipalities that are within 30 miles of the 
        source,
of each permit application (and any application for a permit 
modification or renewal) or proposed permit forwarded to the 
Administrator under this section, and shall provide an opportunity for 
such States and municipalities to submit written recommendations 
respecting the issuance of the permit and its terms and conditions. If 
any part of those recommendations are not accepted by the permitting 
authority, such authority shall notify the State or municipality 
submitting the recommendations and the Administrator in writing of its 
failure to accept those recommendations and the reasons therefor.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The heading of section 505 of the Clean Air Act (42 
        U.S.C. 7661d) is amended by striking ``notification to 
        administrator and contiguous states'' and inserting 
        ``notification to administrator, contiguous states, and certain 
        municipalities''.
            (2) The item relating to section 505 in the table of 
        contents of title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et 
        seq.) is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 505. Notification to Administrator, contiguous States, and 
                            certain municipalities.''.
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