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To amend the Clean Air Act to establish a procedure under which an ozone nonattainment area may be redesignated as an attainment area if certain requirements are met, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to create a procedure for redesignating areas that fail to meet federal ozone air quality standards. Under this procedure, a state can request that such an area be reclassified as meeting the standard if the state demonstrates that the area would have attained the standard by the required date, but for ozone pollution or precursors coming from outside the state. The governor may submit this request at any time, and the EPA Administrator must concur or reject the request within 180 days. If the Administrator agrees, the area will be redesignated as meeting the ozone standard. Both the state and EPA must consider modeling and monitoring evidence of emissions from other states and foreign countries in making this determination.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Apr 27, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Apr 27, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 27, 2026
Mr. Steil (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Grothman, and Mr. Fitzgerald) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to establish a procedure under which an ozone nonattainment area may be redesignated as an attainment area if certain requirements are met, 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 “Fair Air Standards Act”.
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREA AS ATTAINMENT AREA IF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
Section 107(d)(4)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(vi) Notwithstanding clause (iii), an area designated as an ozone nonattainment area shall be redesignated as an ozone attainment area if the State finds and demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator, and the Administrator concurs in such finding, that the area would have attained the national ambient air quality standard for ozone by the applicable attainment date, but for ozone or ozone precursors emanating from outside the State. The Governor of the State may submit the finding and demonstration to the Administrator at any time and on the Governor’s own motion. Not later than 180 days after the submission date of the finding and demonstration, the Administrator shall concur or nonconcur in the finding and, if the Administrator concurs, shall promulgate the redesignation. In making such finding, the Governor and the Administrator shall consider, among other factors, modeling or monitoring evidence of emissions from other States and foreign countries.”. <all>
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