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A bill to facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-263| Senate 
| Updated: 5/23/2017
Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (7)
Jeff Flake (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Luther Strange (Republican)Joe Manchin (Independent)Deb Fischer (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)

Environment and Public Works Committee, Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program. The bill delays the implementation of the ozone NAAQS that were published in 2015. The bill extends until: (1) October 26, 2024, the deadline for states to submit designations to implement the 2015 ozone NAAQS; and (2) October 26, 2025, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable areas with respect to the 2015 ozone NAAQS. States must submit a state implementation plan (SIP) by October 26, 2026, to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2015 ozone NAAQS. The bill also changes the review cycle for criteria pollutant NAAQS from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA may not complete its next review of ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025. Prior to establishing or revising NAAQS, the EPA must obtain advice from its scientific advisory committee regarding potential adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from attaining and maintaining NAAQS. The EPA must publish regulations and guidance for implementing NAAQS concurrently with the issuance of a new or revised standard. New or revised NAAQS must not apply to preconstruction permits for constructing or modifying a major emitting facility or major stationary source of air pollutants until those regulations and guidance have been published. The bill revises requirements concerning SIPs for extreme ozone nonattainment areas and particulate matter nonattainment areas.
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Timeline
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 23, 2017
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-103.
Jul 18, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HRES 115-451
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • February 1, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 1, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  • May 23, 2017
    Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-103.


  • July 18, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HRES 115-451
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Environmental Protection

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityCongressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresEnvironmental technologyIndustrial facilitiesLicensing and registrationsState and local government operations

A bill to facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-263| Senate 
| Updated: 5/23/2017
Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Clean Air Act by revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) program. The bill delays the implementation of the ozone NAAQS that were published in 2015. The bill extends until: (1) October 26, 2024, the deadline for states to submit designations to implement the 2015 ozone NAAQS; and (2) October 26, 2025, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate state areas as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable areas with respect to the 2015 ozone NAAQS. States must submit a state implementation plan (SIP) by October 26, 2026, to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2015 ozone NAAQS. The bill also changes the review cycle for criteria pollutant NAAQS from a 5-year review cycle to a 10-year review cycle. The EPA may not complete its next review of ozone NAAQS before October 26, 2025. Prior to establishing or revising NAAQS, the EPA must obtain advice from its scientific advisory committee regarding potential adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects which may result from attaining and maintaining NAAQS. The EPA must publish regulations and guidance for implementing NAAQS concurrently with the issuance of a new or revised standard. New or revised NAAQS must not apply to preconstruction permits for constructing or modifying a major emitting facility or major stationary source of air pollutants until those regulations and guidance have been published. The bill revises requirements concerning SIPs for extreme ozone nonattainment areas and particulate matter nonattainment areas.
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Timeline
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 23, 2017
Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-103.
Jul 18, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HRES 115-451
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • February 1, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 1, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  • May 23, 2017
    Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-103.


  • July 18, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HRES 115-451
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (7)
Jeff Flake (Republican)James M. Inhofe (Republican)Luther Strange (Republican)Joe Manchin (Independent)Deb Fischer (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)

Environment and Public Works Committee, Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee

Environmental Protection

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityCongressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresEnvironmental technologyIndustrial facilitiesLicensing and registrationsState and local government operations