3.0.0 454 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z Senate S 2017-02-27 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-27T22:59:24Z 2017-02-27 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-02-27 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-02-27 True Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Atmospheric science and weather Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental Protection 00 2017-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-21T15:33:20Z Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the criteria used by the Environmental Protection Agency in reviewing state air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events. Currently, an exceptional event affects air quality, is not reasonably controllable or preventable, and is caused by a natural event or by human activity that is unlikely to recur at a particular location. This bill allows an exceptional event to include a meteorological event involving high temperatures or lack of precipitation.

Under current law, states may petition the EPA to exclude air quality monitoring data that are affected by an exceptional event in determining whether there were exceedances or violations of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The bill requires the criteria used by the EPA in determining whether an exceptional event was demonstrated by a state to be specific in order to minimize the discretion of the EPA in approving or disapproving the demonstration.

The EPA must make a determination within 90 days after the submission of a petition by a state of an exceptional event demonstration. The demonstration is approved if the EPA does not make a determination by that deadline.

A determination must be based on a preponderance of the evidence and give substantial deference to the findings of the state exceptional event demonstration. An appeal process for reviewing a disapproval of a demonstration is established.

]]> Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 Display Title Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to exceptional event demonstrations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s454is/xml/BILLS-115s454is.xml 2017-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.