110 HR 3083 IH: Tailpipe Pollution Standards U.S. House of Representatives 2007-07-12 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3083 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2007 Mr. Inslee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to establish deadlines by which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a decision on whether to grant certain waivers of preemption under that Act.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tailpipe Pollution Standards Act.

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Waivers of preemption

Section 209 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f)

Waivers of preemption

(1)

Pending requests

Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, but in no case later than September 30, 2007, the Administrator shall issue to the Governor of each applicable State a decision on each request for a waiver of preemption under subsection (b) that— (A)has been submitted by the State; and (B)is pending as of the date of enactment of this subsection. (2)

Subsequent requests

With respect to a request for a waiver of preemption under subsection (b) (including such a request submitted by a State that has adopted and enforced certain standards as described in section 177) that is submitted by a State after the date of enactment of this subsection, not later than 180 days after the date on which the Administrator receives the request, the Administrator shall issue to the Governor of the State a decision on whether to grant the waiver. .