[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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