Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4265
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2015-12-16
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Congressional oversight

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental health

Environmental regulatory procedures

Environmental technology

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to require the review of national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in eight year intervals instead of five year intervals.</p> <p>The EPA may take into account the technological feasibility of attaining NAAQS when revising those NAAQS.</p> <p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: (1) report on the extent to which foreign sources of air pollution impact areas trying to achieve or maintain the NAAQS, (2) submit that report within 24 months, and (3) suspend the implementation of the 2015 rule regarding NAAQS for ozone until the EPA submits that report. Deadlines in that rule must be extended for a period that is equal to the amount of time it takes the EPA to submit that report.</p> <p>The EPA may take into account the technological feasibility of attaining NAAQS when establishing and revising those NAAQS.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4265 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2015 Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Latta , Mr. Cuellar , and Mrs. Kirkpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to national ambient air quality standards, including the 2015 ozone standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Air Implementation Act of 2015 . 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Timeline for review of national ambient air quality standards. Sec. 4. Consideration of technological feasibility. Sec. 5. Emissions emanating from outside of the United States. 3. Timeline for review of national ambient air quality standards Section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(B), by striking at five-year intervals each place it appears and inserting at 8-year intervals ; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking the last sentence; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) Whenever the national ambient air quality standard for an air pollutant is revised pursuant to this subsection, the next 8-year interval for such air pollutant under paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) shall be calculated beginning on the date of finalization of such revised standard. (4) The Administrator, in consultation with relevant State air quality officials, may review and revise criteria or promulgate new standards earlier or more frequently than required under paragraph (1). . 4. 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 under subsection (d), finds that a range of levels of air quality for an air pollutant are requisite to protect human 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. . 5. Emissions emanating from outside of the United States (a) Consideration of State petitions Section 179B of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7509a ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as (c) through (e), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Balance of evidence If a State submits a petition to demonstrate that the standard described in (a)(2) or (c) is met, the Administrator shall consider such petition to be approvable if the preponderance of the evidence indicates that such standard is satisfied. . (b) Report to Congress Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the National Academy of Science, shall submit a report to the Congress on— (1) the extent to which foreign sources of air pollution impact achievement and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ); and (2) the extent to which such Act successfully takes such impact into account. (c) Suspension of 2015 ozone standards (1) In general The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall— (A) suspend the application and implementation of the 2015 ozone standards until the date on which the report required by subsection (b) is submitted to the Congress; and (B) extend each deadline in the rule cited in paragraph (2) for a period equal to the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the report required by subsection (b) is submitted to the Congress. (2) Definition In this subsection, the term 2015 ozone standards means the national ambient air quality standards for ozone published in the rule entitled National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 65292).