[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1785

    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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2007

  Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Cardin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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.''.
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