[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3902 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3902

To amend the Clean Air Act to require the designation of certain areas 
 as rural transport areas for purposes of nonattainment requirements, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1994

  Mr. Hoekstra (for himself and Mr. Ehlers) 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 require the designation of certain areas 
 as rural transport areas for purposes of nonattainment requirements, 
                        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. RURAL TRANSPORT AREAS.

    Section 182(h) of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the 
following new paragraph at the end thereof:
    ``(3) The Administrator shall treat an ozone nonattainment area as 
a rural transport area if the Administrator finds that sources of VOC 
(and, where the Administrator determines relevant, NOX) emissions 
within the area do not result in more than 35 percent of the ozone 
concentrations measured in the area or in other areas.''.

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