[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6362 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6362

 To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude agricultural particulates from 
the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2006

 Mr. Fortenberry 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 exclude agricultural particulates from 
the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, 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. EXLCUSION OF AGRICULTURAL PARTICULATES FROM NAAQS FOR PM.

    Section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409) is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(d) No national ambient air quality standard prescribed after 
January 1, 2006, for particulate matter other than fine particulate 
matter, shall apply to any ambient mix of particulate matter the 
majority of which is rural windblown dust and soils and particulate 
matter generated by agricultural sources. For the purposes of this 
subsection, the term `agricultural sources' means crop production and 
animal production within the meaning of the United States Bureau of 
Census North American Industry Classification Sustem.''.
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