[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2458 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2458

  To amend the Clean Air Act to change the frequency of review of air 
quality criteria under section 108 of such Act and national primary and 
 secondary ambient air quality standards under section 109 of such Act 
  from 5-year intervals to 10-year intervals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2011

  Mr. Flake 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 change the frequency of review of air 
quality criteria under section 108 of such Act and national primary and 
 secondary ambient air quality standards under section 109 of such Act 
  from 5-year intervals to 10-year intervals, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air Quality Review Interval and Dust 
Act of 2011'' or the ``ARID Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FREQUENCY OF REVIEW OF AIR QUALITY CRITERIA AND NATIONAL 
              PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.

    Paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7409(d)) are amended by striking ``at five-year intervals'' 
and inserting ``at ten-year intervals''.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION AGAINST REVISING ANY NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR 
              QUALITY STANDARD APPLICABLE TO COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER.

    Prior to December 18, 2016, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency may not finalize, implement, or enforce any 
regulation revising the national primary ambient air quality standard 
or the national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable to 
coarse particulate matter (generally referred to as ``PM10'') under 
section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409).
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