To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the application of certain provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1044
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-24
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Environmental regulatory procedures

Urban and suburban affairs and development
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to modify provisions regarding geographical areas that do not attain the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone and carbon monoxide. Currently, if an ozone or carbon monoxide nonattainment area is classified as a serious, severe, or extreme area, the nonattainment area's boundaries must be revised to include the entire metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area. This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require each state to revise the boundaries of all of these nonattainment areas that expanded to include the entire statistical area. States must exclude from the nonattainment area all counties within each statistical area that are not in violation of the NAAQS concerned, as determined by air quality monitoring and not by computer modeling.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1044 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2015 Mr. Mulvaney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the application of certain provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.

1. Metropolitan statistical areas included in nonattainment areas Section 107(d)(4)(A) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(4)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking clause (v); and (2) by amending clause (iv) to read as follows: (iv) Within 60 days after the enactment of this sentence, the Administrator shall require each State to revise the boundaries of all nonattainment areas that included entire metropolitan statistical areas or consolidated metropolitan statistical areas pursuant to this clause as in effect before the enactment of this sentence. Such revision shall exclude from the nonattainment area all counties within each metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area that are not in violation of the national ambient air quality standard concerned (as determined by air quality monitoring and not by computer modeling). .