[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 581 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 581

  To amend the Clean Air Act to permit areas not contributing to more 
 than 35 percent of ozone concentrations to comply with Marginal Area 
           requirements for purposes of ozone nonattainment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 1995

Mr. Hoekstra (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Upton, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
 Barcia, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Camp, and Mr. Chrysler) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to permit areas not contributing to more 
 than 35 percent of ozone concentrations to comply with Marginal Area 
           requirements for purposes of ozone nonattainment.

    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) Notwithstanding any other provision of section 181 or this 
section, a rural or non rural area shall be treated by operation of law 
as satisfying the requirements of this section if the State makes the 
submissions required under subsection (a) of this section (relating to 
Marginal Areas) for the area and if sources of VOC (and where the 
Administrator determines relevant, NO<INF>x) emissions within the area 
do not contribute to more than 35 percent of the ozone concentrations 
measured in the area or in other areas.''.
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