[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3593]
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SA 4536. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1097. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR MILITARY TRAINING
STATES.
(a) Designation Submission.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not later than October 26, 2024, in the
case of a State in which an installation or activity of the
Department of Defense (as defined in section 101(a)(6) of
title 10, United States Code) is located, with respect to the
final rule entitled ``National Ambient Air Quality Standards
for Ozone'' (80 Fed. Reg. 65292 (October 26, 2015)) (referred
to in this section as the ``2015 ozone standards)'', the
Governor of each State, in accordance with section 107(d) of
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)) shall designate all
areas, or portions of areas, of the State as attainment,
nonattainment, or unclassified with respect to the 2015 ozone
standards.
(b) Designation Promulgation.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not later than October 26, 2025, in the
case of a State in which an installation or activity of the
Department of Defense is located, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate final
designations under section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7407(d)) for all areas of the State with respect to
the 2015 ozone standards, including any modification to a
designation submitted under subsection (a).
(c) State Implementation Plans.--Notwithstanding the
deadline described in section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7410(a)(1)), not later than October 26, 2026, in
the case of a State in which an installation or activity of
the Department of Defense is located, the State shall submit
to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
an implementation plan required under that section with
respect to the 2015 ozone standards.
(d) Preconstruction Permits.--
(1) In general.--In the case of a State in which an
installation or activity of the Department of Defense is
located, the 2015 ozone standards shall not apply to the
review and disposition of a preconstruction permit
application required under part C or D of title I of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7470 et seq.) if the Administrator
or the State, local, or tribal permitting authority, as
applicable--
(A) determines that the preconstruction permit application
is complete before the date on which final designations are
promulgated; or
(B) publishes a public notice of a preliminary
determination or draft permit before the date that is 60 days
after the date on which final designations are promulgated.
(2) Guidance for implementation.--In publishing any final
rule establishing or revising a national ambient air quality
standard, the Administrator shall, as the Administrator
determines necessary to assist States, permitting
authorities, and permit applicants, concurrently publish
final regulations and guidance for implementing the national
ambient air quality standard, including information relating
to submission and consideration of a preconstruction permit
application under the new or revised national ambient air
quality standard.
(3) Applicability of national ambient air quality standard
to preconstruction permitting.--If the Administrator fails to
publish the final regulations and guidance referred to in
paragraph (2) that include information relating to submission
and consideration of a preconstruction permit application
under a new or revised national ambient air quality standard
concurrently with the national ambient air quality standard,
the new or revised national ambient air quality standard
shall not apply to the review and disposition of a
preconstruction permit application until the date on which
the Administrator publishes the final regulations and
guidance.
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