Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4775
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2016-03-17
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Atmospheric science and weather

Congressional oversight

Economic performance and conditions

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental regulatory procedures

Environmental technology

Government studies and investigations

Licensing and registrations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program.</p> <p>The bill delays the implementation of the ozone NAAQS that were published in 2015. The bill extends until: (1) October 26, 2024, the deadline for states to submit designations to implement the 2015 ozone NAAQS; and (2) October 26, 2025, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable areas with respect to the 2015 ozone NAAQS. States must submit a state implementation plan (SIP) by October 26, 2026, to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2015 ozone NAAQS.</p> <p>The bill also changes the review cycle for criteria pollutant NAAQS from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA may not complete its next review of ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025. </p> <p>The EPA may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising NAAQS for a pollutant if a range of air quality levels for such pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety.</p> <p>Prior to establishing or revising NAAQS, the EPA must obtain advice from its scientific advisory committee regarding potential adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from attaining and maintaining NAAQS.</p> <p>The EPA must publish regulations and guidance for implementing NAAQS concurrently with the issuance of a new or revised standard. New or revised NAAQS shall not apply to preconstruction permits for constructing or modifying a major emitting facility or major stationary source of air pollutants until those regulations and guidance have been published.</p> <p>The bill provides that in Extreme Ozone Nonattainment Areas, contingency measures are not required to be included in nonattainment plans. Technological achievability and economic feasibility must be taken into consideration in plan revisions for milestones for particulate matter nonattainment areas. </p>

action_date: 2016-06-08
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><b>Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program.</p> <p>(Sec. 2) The bill delays the implementation of the ozone NAAQS that were published in 2015. The bill extends until: (1) October 26, 2024, the deadline for states to submit designations to implement the 2015 ozone NAAQS; and (2) October 26, 2025, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable areas with respect to the 2015 ozone NAAQS. States must submit a state implementation plan (SIP) by October 26, 2026, to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2015 ozone NAAQS.</p> <p>The bill exempts from the 2015 ozone standards certain preconstruction permit applications that were completed or submitted before a final designation was made.</p> <p>(Sec. 3) The bill also changes the review cycle for criteria pollutant NAAQS from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA may not complete its next review of ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025. </p> <p>The EPA may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising NAAQS for a pollutant if a range of air quality levels for such pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety.</p> <p>Prior to establishing or revising NAAQS, the EPA must obtain advice from its scientific advisory committee regarding potential adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from attaining and maintaining NAAQS.</p> <p>The EPA must publish regulations and guidance for implementing NAAQS concurrently with the issuance of a new or revised standard. New or revised NAAQS shall not apply to preconstruction permits for constructing or modifying a stationary source of air pollutants until those regulations and guidance have been published.</p> <p>The bill provides that in Extreme Ozone Nonattainment Areas, contingency measures are not required to be included in nonattainment plans. Technological achievability and economic feasibility must be taken into consideration in plan revisions for milestones for particulate matter nonattainment areas. </p> <p>The bill redefines &quot;exceptional events,&quot; by including stagnation of air masses that are not ordinarily occurring.</p> <p>The EPA must: (1) report on foreign emissions and their impact on compliance with the NAAQS program in the United States, (2) study and report on the atmospheric formation of ozone and effective control strategies, and (3) incorporate the results of the study into rules and guidance implementing the 2015 ozone standards.</p> <p>(Sec. 5) The bill specifies that no additional funds are authorized for carrying out the requirements of this bill.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4775 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2016 Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Flores , Mr. Scalise , Mr. Latta , Mr. McCarthy , and Mr. Cuellar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 . 2. Facilitating State implementation of existing ozone standards (a) Designations (1) Designation Submission Not later than October 26, 2024, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(A) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Governor of each State shall designate in accordance with such section 107(d) all areas (or portions thereof) of the Governor’s State as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable with respect to the 2015 ozone standards. (2) Designation Promulgation Not later than October 26, 2025, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(B) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Administrator shall promulgate final designations under such section 107(d) for all areas in all States with respect to the 2015 ozone standards, including any modifications to the designations submitted under paragraph (1). (3) State Implementation Plans Not later than October 26, 2026, notwithstanding the deadline specified in section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1) ), each State shall submit the plan required by such section 110(a)(1) for the 2015 ozone standards. (b) Certain Preconstruction Permits (1) In general The 2015 ozone standards shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application if— (A) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, determines the application to be complete on or before the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2); or (B) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, publishes a public notice of a preliminary determination or draft permit for the application before the date that is 60 days after the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2). (2) Rules of Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (A) eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable; or (B) limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. 3. Facilitating State implementation of national ambient air quality standards (a) Timeline for review of national ambient air quality standards (1) 10-Year Cycle for All Criteria Air Pollutants Paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ) are amended by striking five-year intervals each place it appears and inserting 10-year intervals . (2) Cycle for Next Review of Ozone Criteria and Standards Notwithstanding section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ), the Administrator shall not— (A) complete, before October 26, 2025, any review of the criteria for ozone published under section 108 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7408 ) or the national ambient air quality standard for ozone promulgated under section 109 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ); or (B) propose, before such date, any revisions to such criteria or standard. (b) Consideration of technological feasibility Section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: If the Administrator, in consultation with the independent scientific review committee appointed under subsection (d), finds that a range of levels of air quality for an air pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety, as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrator may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising the national primary ambient air quality standard for such pollutant. . (c) Consideration of adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects Section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Prior to establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall request, and such committee shall provide, advice under subparagraph (C)(iv) regarding any adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from various strategies for attainment and maintenance of such national ambient air quality standard. . (d) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance Section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance (1) In general In publishing any final rule establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall, as the Administrator determines necessary to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants, concurrently publish regulations and guidance for implementing the standard, including information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under the new or revised standard. (2) Applicability of Standard to Preconstruction Permitting If the Administrator fails to publish final regulations and guidance that include information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under a new or revised national ambient air quality standard concurrently with such standard, then such standard shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application until the Administrator has published such final regulations and guidance. (3) Rules of Construction (A) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the Administrator from issuing regulations and guidance to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants in implementing a national ambient air quality standard subsequent to publishing regulations and guidance for such standard under paragraph (1). (B) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable. (C) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. (4) Definitions In this subsection: (A) The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3). (B) The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3). (C) The term preconstruction permit — (i) means a permit that is required under part C or D for the construction or modification of a major emitting facility or major stationary source; and (ii) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. . (e) Contingency measures for extreme ozone nonattainment areas Section 172(c)(9) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(9) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentences and any other provision of this Act, such measures shall not be required for any nonattainment area for ozone classified as an Extreme Area. . (f) Plan submissions and requirements for ozone nonattainment areas Section 182 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7511a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; and (3) in paragraph (5) of subsection (e), by striking , if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that— and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting a period. (g) Plan revisions for milestones for particulate matter nonattainment areas Section 189(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7513a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting , which take into account technological achievability and economic feasibility, before and which demonstrate reasonable further progress . (h) Exceptional events Section 319(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7619(b)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking (i) stagnation of air masses or and inserting (i)(I) ordinarily occurring stagnation of air masses or (II) ; and (B) by inserting or after the semicolon; (2) by striking clause (ii); and (3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). (i) Report on emissions emanating from outside the United States Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with States, shall submit to the Congress a report on— (1) the extent to which foreign sources of air pollution, including emissions from sources located outside North America, impact— (A) designations of areas (or portions thereof) as nonattainment, attainment, or unclassifiable under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ); and (B) attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency’s procedures and timelines for disposing of petitions submitted pursuant to section 179B(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7509a(b) ); (3) the total number of petitions received by the Agency pursuant to such section 179B(b), and for each such petition the date initially submitted and the date of final disposition by the Agency; and (4) whether the Administrator recommends any statutory changes to facilitate the more efficient review and disposition of petitions submitted pursuant to such section 179B(b). 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Best available control technology The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7479(3) ). (3) Lowest achievable emission rate The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7501(3) ). (4) National ambient air quality standard The term national ambient air quality standard means a national ambient air quality standard promulgated under section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ). (5) Preconstruction permit The term preconstruction permit — (A) means a permit that is required under part C or D of title I of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7470 et seq. ) for the construction or modification of a major emitting facility or major stationary source; and (B) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. (6) 2015 ozone standards The term 2015 ozone standards means the national ambient air quality standards for ozone published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292).

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 464 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4775 [Report No. 114–598] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2016 Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Flores , Mr. Scalise , Mr. Latta , Mr. McCarthy , and Mr. Cuellar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce May 27, 2016 Additional sponsors: Mr. Whitfield , Mr. Chabot , Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Babin , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Burgess , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Long , Mr. Costa , Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia , Mrs. Black , Mr. Bucshon , Mr. Gosar , Mrs. Love , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Harper , Mr. Bishop of Michigan , Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Blum , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. Rothfus , Mr. Graves of Georgia , Mr. Mooney of West Virginia , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Renacci , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Weber of Texas , Ms. Jenkins of Kansas , Mr. Barletta , Mr. Shuster , Mr. Grothman , and Mr. Trott May 27, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 17, 2016 A BILL To facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 . 2. Facilitating State implementation of existing ozone standards (a) Designations (1) Designation Submission Not later than October 26, 2024, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(A) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Governor of each State shall designate in accordance with such section 107(d) all areas (or portions thereof) of the Governor’s State as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable with respect to the 2015 ozone standards. (2) Designation Promulgation Not later than October 26, 2025, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(B) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Administrator shall promulgate final designations under such section 107(d) for all areas in all States with respect to the 2015 ozone standards, including any modifications to the designations submitted under paragraph (1). (3) State Implementation Plans Not later than October 26, 2026, notwithstanding the deadline specified in section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1) ), each State shall submit the plan required by such section 110(a)(1) for the 2015 ozone standards. (b) Certain Preconstruction Permits (1) In general The 2015 ozone standards shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application if— (A) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, determines the application to be complete on or before the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2); or (B) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, publishes a public notice of a preliminary determination or draft permit for the application before the date that is 60 days after the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2). (2) Rules of Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (A) eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable; or (B) limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. 3. Facilitating State implementation of national ambient air quality standards (a) Timeline for review of national ambient air quality standards (1) 10-Year Cycle for All Criteria Air Pollutants Paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ) are amended by striking five-year intervals each place it appears and inserting 10-year intervals . (2) Cycle for Next Review of Ozone Criteria and Standards Notwithstanding section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ), the Administrator shall not— (A) complete, before October 26, 2025, any review of the criteria for ozone published under section 108 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7408 ) or the national ambient air quality standard for ozone promulgated under section 109 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ); or (B) propose, before such date, any revisions to such criteria or standard. (b) Consideration of technological feasibility Section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: If the Administrator, in consultation with the independent scientific review committee appointed under subsection (d), finds that a range of levels of air quality for an air pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety, as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrator may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising the national primary ambient air quality standard for such pollutant. . (c) Consideration of adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects Section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Prior to establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall request, and such committee shall provide, advice under subparagraph (C)(iv) regarding any adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from various strategies for attainment and maintenance of such national ambient air quality standard. . (d) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance Section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance (1) In general In publishing any final rule establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall, as the Administrator determines necessary to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants, concurrently publish regulations and guidance for implementing the standard, including information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under the new or revised standard. (2) Applicability of Standard to Preconstruction Permitting If the Administrator fails to publish final regulations and guidance that include information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under a new or revised national ambient air quality standard concurrently with such standard, then such standard shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application until the Administrator has published such final regulations and guidance. (3) Rules of Construction (A) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the Administrator from issuing regulations and guidance to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants in implementing a national ambient air quality standard subsequent to publishing regulations and guidance for such standard under paragraph (1). (B) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable. (C) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. (4) Definitions In this subsection: (A) The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3). (B) The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3). (C) The term preconstruction permit — (i) means a permit that is required under this title for the construction or modification of a stationary source; and (ii) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. . (e) Contingency measures for extreme ozone nonattainment areas Section 172(c)(9) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(9) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentences and any other provision of this Act, such measures shall not be required for any nonattainment area for ozone classified as an Extreme Area. . (f) Plan submissions and requirements for ozone nonattainment areas Section 182 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7511a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (3) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking The provisions of clause (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B) (relating to reductions of less than 3 percent), the provisions of paragaphs and inserting The provisions of paragraphs ; and (B) by striking , and the provisions of clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A) (relating to reductions of less than 15 percent) ; and (4) in paragraph (5) of subsection (e), by striking , if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that— and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting a period. (g) Plan revisions for milestones for particulate matter nonattainment areas Section 189(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7513a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting , which take into account technological achievability and economic feasibility, before and which demonstrate reasonable further progress . (h) Exceptional events Section 319(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7619(b)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking (i) stagnation of air masses or and inserting (i)(I) ordinarily occurring stagnation of air masses or (II) ; and (B) by inserting or after the semicolon; (2) by striking clause (ii); and (3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). (i) Report on emissions emanating from outside the United States Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with States, shall submit to the Congress a report on— (1) the extent to which foreign sources of air pollution, including emissions from sources located outside North America, impact— (A) designations of areas (or portions thereof) as nonattainment, attainment, or unclassifiable under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ); and (B) attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency’s procedures and timelines for disposing of petitions submitted pursuant to section 179B(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7509a(b) ); (3) the total number of petitions received by the Agency pursuant to such section 179B(b), and for each such petition the date initially submitted and the date of final disposition by the Agency; and (4) whether the Administrator recommends any statutory changes to facilitate the more efficient review and disposition of petitions submitted pursuant to such section 179B(b). (j) Study on ozone formation (1) Study The Administrator, in consultation with States and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall conduct a study on the atmospheric formation of ozone and effective control strategies, including— (A) the relative contribution of man-made and naturally occurring nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants in ozone formation in urban and rural areas, and the most cost-effective control strategies to reduce ozone; and (B) the science of wintertime ozone formation, including photochemical modeling of wintertime ozone formation, and approaches to cost-effectively reduce wintertime ozone levels. (2) Peer review The Administrator shall have the study peer reviewed by an independent panel of experts in accordance with the requirements applicable to a highly influential scientific assessment. (3) Report The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study, including the findings of the peer review panel. (4) Regulations and guidance The Administrator shall incorporate the results of the study, including the findings of the peer review panel, into any Federal rules and guidance implementing the 2015 ozone standards. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Best available control technology The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7479(3) ). (3) Highly influential scientific assessment The term highly influential scientific assessment means a highly influential scientific assessment as defined in the publication of the Office of Management and Budget entitled Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (70 Fed. Reg. 2664 (January 14, 2005)). (4) Lowest achievable emission rate The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7501(3) ). (5) National ambient air quality standard The term national ambient air quality standard means a national ambient air quality standard promulgated under section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ). (6) Preconstruction permit The term preconstruction permit — (A) means a permit that is required under title I of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ) for the construction or modification of a stationary source; and (B) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. (7) 2015 ozone standards The term 2015 ozone standards means the national ambient air quality standards for ozone published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292).

May 27, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4775 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 . 2. Facilitating State implementation of existing ozone standards (a) Designations (1) Designation Submission Not later than October 26, 2024, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(A) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Governor of each State shall designate in accordance with such section 107(d) all areas (or portions thereof) of the Governor’s State as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable with respect to the 2015 ozone standards. (2) Designation Promulgation Not later than October 26, 2025, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(B) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Administrator shall promulgate final designations under such section 107(d) for all areas in all States with respect to the 2015 ozone standards, including any modifications to the designations submitted under paragraph (1). (3) State Implementation Plans Not later than October 26, 2026, notwithstanding the deadline specified in section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1) ), each State shall submit the plan required by such section 110(a)(1) for the 2015 ozone standards. (b) Certain Preconstruction Permits (1) In general The 2015 ozone standards shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application if— (A) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, determines the application to be complete on or before the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2); or (B) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, publishes a public notice of a preliminary determination or draft permit for the application before the date that is 60 days after the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2). (2) Rules of Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (A) eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable; or (B) limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. 3. Facilitating State implementation of national ambient air quality standards (a) Timeline for review of national ambient air quality standards (1) Ten-Year Cycle for All Criteria Air Pollutants Paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ) are amended by striking five-year intervals each place it appears and inserting 10-year intervals . (2) Cycle for Next Review of Ozone Criteria and Standards Notwithstanding section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ), the Administrator shall not— (A) complete, before October 26, 2025, any review of the criteria for ozone published under section 108 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7408 ) or the national ambient air quality standard for ozone promulgated under section 109 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ); or (B) propose, before such date, any revisions to such criteria or standard. (b) Consideration of technological feasibility Section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: If the Administrator, in consultation with the independent scientific review committee appointed under subsection (d), finds that a range of levels of air quality for an air pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety, as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrator may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising the national primary ambient air quality standard for such pollutant. . (c) Consideration of adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects Section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Prior to establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall request, and such committee shall provide, advice under subparagraph (C)(iv) regarding any adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from various strategies for attainment and maintenance of such national ambient air quality standard. . (d) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance Section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance (1) In general In publishing any final rule establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall, as the Administrator determines necessary to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants, concurrently publish regulations and guidance for implementing the standard, including information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under the new or revised standard. (2) Applicability of Standard to Preconstruction Permitting If the Administrator fails to publish final regulations and guidance that include information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under a new or revised national ambient air quality standard concurrently with such standard, then such standard shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application until the Administrator has published such final regulations and guidance. (3) Rules of Construction (A) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the Administrator from issuing regulations and guidance to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants in implementing a national ambient air quality standard subsequent to publishing regulations and guidance for such standard under paragraph (1). (B) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable. (C) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. (4) Definitions In this subsection: (A) The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3). (B) The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3). (C) The term preconstruction permit — (i) means a permit that is required under this title for the construction or modification of a stationary source; and (ii) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. . (e) Contingency measures for extreme ozone nonattainment areas Section 172(c)(9) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(9) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentences and any other provision of this Act, such measures shall not be required for any nonattainment area for ozone classified as an Extreme Area. . (f) Plan submissions and requirements for ozone nonattainment areas Section 182 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7511a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (3) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking The provisions of clause (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B) (relating to reductions of less than 3 percent), the provisions of paragaphs and inserting The provisions of paragraphs ; and (B) by striking , and the provisions of clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A) (relating to reductions of less than 15 percent) ; and (4) in paragraph (5) of subsection (e), by striking , if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that— and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting a period. (g) Plan revisions for milestones for particulate matter nonattainment areas Section 189(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7513a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting , which take into account technological achievability and economic feasibility, before and which demonstrate reasonable further progress . (h) Exceptional events Section 319(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7619(b)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking (i) stagnation of air masses or and inserting (i)(I) ordinarily occurring stagnation of air masses or (II) ; and (B) by inserting or after the semicolon; (2) by striking clause (ii); and (3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). (i) Report on emissions emanating from outside the United States Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with States, shall submit to the Congress a report on— (1) the extent to which foreign sources of air pollution, including emissions from sources located outside North America, impact— (A) designations of areas (or portions thereof) as nonattainment, attainment, or unclassifiable under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ); and (B) attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency’s procedures and timelines for disposing of petitions submitted pursuant to section 179B(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7509a(b) ); (3) the total number of petitions received by the Agency pursuant to such section 179B(b), and for each such petition the date initially submitted and the date of final disposition by the Agency; and (4) whether the Administrator recommends any statutory changes to facilitate the more efficient review and disposition of petitions submitted pursuant to such section 179B(b). (j) Study on ozone formation (1) Study The Administrator, in consultation with States and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall conduct a study on the atmospheric formation of ozone and effective control strategies, including— (A) the relative contribution of man-made and naturally occurring nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants in ozone formation in urban and rural areas, including during wildfires, and the most cost-effective control strategies to reduce ozone; and (B) the science of wintertime ozone formation, including photochemical modeling of wintertime ozone formation, and approaches to cost-effectively reduce wintertime ozone levels. (2) Peer review The Administrator shall have the study peer reviewed by an independent panel of experts in accordance with the requirements applicable to a highly influential scientific assessment. (3) Report The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study, including the findings of the peer review panel. (4) Regulations and guidance The Administrator shall incorporate the results of the study, including the findings of the peer review panel, into any Federal rules and guidance implementing the 2015 ozone standards. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Best available control technology The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7479(3) ). (3) Highly influential scientific assessment The term highly influential scientific assessment means a highly influential scientific assessment as defined in the publication of the Office of Management and Budget entitled Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (70 Fed. Reg. 2664 (January 14, 2005)). (4) Lowest achievable emission rate The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7501(3) ). (5) National ambient air quality standard The term national ambient air quality standard means a national ambient air quality standard promulgated under section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ). (6) Preconstruction permit The term preconstruction permit — (A) means a permit that is required under title I of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ) for the construction or modification of a stationary source; and (B) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. (7) 2015 ozone standards The term 2015 ozone standards means the national ambient air quality standards for ozone published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292). 5. No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4775 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 9, 2016 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works AN ACT To facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 . 2. Facilitating State implementation of existing ozone standards (a) Designations (1) Designation Submission Not later than October 26, 2024, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(A) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Governor of each State shall designate in accordance with such section 107(d) all areas (or portions thereof) of the Governor’s State as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable with respect to the 2015 ozone standards. (2) Designation Promulgation Not later than October 26, 2025, notwithstanding the deadline specified in paragraph (1)(B) of section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ), the Administrator shall promulgate final designations under such section 107(d) for all areas in all States with respect to the 2015 ozone standards, including any modifications to the designations submitted under paragraph (1). (3) State Implementation Plans Not later than October 26, 2026, notwithstanding the deadline specified in section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1) ), each State shall submit the plan required by such section 110(a)(1) for the 2015 ozone standards. (b) Certain Preconstruction Permits (1) In general The 2015 ozone standards shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application if— (A) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, determines the application to be complete on or before the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2); or (B) the Administrator or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as applicable, publishes a public notice of a preliminary determination or draft permit for the application before the date that is 60 days after the date of promulgation of the final designation of the area involved under subsection (a)(2). (2) Rules of Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (A) eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable; or (B) limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. 3. Facilitating State implementation of national ambient air quality standards (a) Timeline for review of national ambient air quality standards (1) Ten-Year Cycle for All Criteria Air Pollutants Paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ) are amended by striking five-year intervals each place it appears and inserting 10-year intervals . (2) Cycle for Next Review of Ozone Criteria and Standards Notwithstanding section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ), the Administrator shall not— (A) complete, before October 26, 2025, any review of the criteria for ozone published under section 108 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7408 ) or the national ambient air quality standard for ozone promulgated under section 109 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ); or (B) propose, before such date, any revisions to such criteria or standard. (b) Consideration of technological feasibility Section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: If the Administrator, in consultation with the independent scientific review committee appointed under subsection (d), finds that a range of levels of air quality for an air pollutant are requisite to protect public health with an adequate margin of safety, as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrator may consider, as a secondary consideration, likely technological feasibility in establishing and revising the national primary ambient air quality standard for such pollutant. . (c) Consideration of adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects Section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Prior to establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall request, and such committee shall provide, advice under subparagraph (C)(iv) regarding any adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from various strategies for attainment and maintenance of such national ambient air quality standard. . (d) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance Section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Timely issuance of implementing regulations and guidance (1) In general In publishing any final rule establishing or revising a national ambient air quality standard, the Administrator shall, as the Administrator determines necessary to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants, concurrently publish regulations and guidance for implementing the standard, including information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under the new or revised standard. (2) Applicability of Standard to Preconstruction Permitting If the Administrator fails to publish final regulations and guidance that include information relating to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit application under a new or revised national ambient air quality standard concurrently with such standard, then such standard shall not apply to the review and disposition of a preconstruction permit application until the Administrator has published such final regulations and guidance. (3) Rules of Construction (A) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the Administrator from issuing regulations and guidance to assist States, permitting authorities, and permit applicants in implementing a national ambient air quality standard subsequent to publishing regulations and guidance for such standard under paragraph (1). (B) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to eliminate the obligation of a preconstruction permit applicant to install best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate technology, as applicable. (C) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of a State, local, or tribal permitting authority to impose more stringent emissions requirements pursuant to State, local, or tribal law than national ambient air quality standards. (4) Definitions In this subsection: (A) The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3). (B) The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3). (C) The term preconstruction permit — (i) means a permit that is required under this title for the construction or modification of a stationary source; and (ii) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. . (e) Contingency measures for extreme ozone nonattainment areas Section 172(c)(9) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7502(c)(9) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentences and any other provision of this Act, such measures shall not be required for any nonattainment area for ozone classified as an Extreme Area. . (f) Plan submissions and requirements for ozone nonattainment areas Section 182 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7511a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting and economic feasibility after technological achievability ; (3) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking The provisions of clause (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B) (relating to reductions of less than 3 percent), the provisions of paragaphs and inserting The provisions of paragraphs ; and (B) by striking , and the provisions of clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A) (relating to reductions of less than 15 percent) ; and (4) in paragraph (5) of subsection (e), by striking , if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that— and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting a period. (g) Plan revisions for milestones for particulate matter nonattainment areas Section 189(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7513a(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting , which take into account technological achievability and economic feasibility, before and which demonstrate reasonable further progress . (h) Exceptional events Section 319(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7619(b)(1)(B) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking (i) stagnation of air masses or and inserting (i)(I) ordinarily occurring stagnation of air masses or (II) ; and (B) by inserting or after the semicolon; (2) by striking clause (ii); and (3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). (i) Report on emissions emanating from outside the United States Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with States, shall submit to the Congress a report on— (1) the extent to which foreign sources of air pollution, including emissions from sources located outside North America, impact— (A) designations of areas (or portions thereof) as nonattainment, attainment, or unclassifiable under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7407(d) ); and (B) attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency’s procedures and timelines for disposing of petitions submitted pursuant to section 179B(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7509a(b) ); (3) the total number of petitions received by the Agency pursuant to such section 179B(b), and for each such petition the date initially submitted and the date of final disposition by the Agency; and (4) whether the Administrator recommends any statutory changes to facilitate the more efficient review and disposition of petitions submitted pursuant to such section 179B(b). (j) Study on ozone formation (1) Study The Administrator, in consultation with States and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall conduct a study on the atmospheric formation of ozone and effective control strategies, including— (A) the relative contribution of man-made and naturally occurring nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants in ozone formation in urban and rural areas, including during wildfires, and the most cost-effective control strategies to reduce ozone; and (B) the science of wintertime ozone formation, including photochemical modeling of wintertime ozone formation, and approaches to cost-effectively reduce wintertime ozone levels. (2) Peer review The Administrator shall have the study peer reviewed by an independent panel of experts in accordance with the requirements applicable to a highly influential scientific assessment. (3) Report The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study, including the findings of the peer review panel. (4) Regulations and guidance The Administrator shall incorporate the results of the study, including the findings of the peer review panel, into any Federal rules and guidance implementing the 2015 ozone standards. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Best available control technology The term best available control technology has the meaning given to that term in section 169(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7479(3) ). (3) Highly influential scientific assessment The term highly influential scientific assessment means a highly influential scientific assessment as defined in the publication of the Office of Management and Budget entitled Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (70 Fed. Reg. 2664 (January 14, 2005)). (4) Lowest achievable emission rate The term lowest achievable emission rate has the meaning given to that term in section 171(3) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7501(3) ). (5) National ambient air quality standard The term national ambient air quality standard means a national ambient air quality standard promulgated under section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ). (6) Preconstruction permit The term preconstruction permit — (A) means a permit that is required under title I of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ) for the construction or modification of a stationary source; and (B) includes any such permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or a State, local, or tribal permitting authority. (7) 2015 ozone standards The term 2015 ozone standards means the national ambient air quality standards for ozone published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292). 5. No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk