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            TITLE VI--OZONE AND PARTICULATE MATTER STANDARDS  
  
SEC. 6101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. <<NOTE: 42 USC 7407 note.>>   
  
    (a) The Congress finds that--  
            (1) there is a lack of air quality monitoring data for fine   
        particle levels, measured as PM<INF>2.5</INF>, in the United   
        States and the States should receive full funding for the   
        monitoring efforts;  
            (2) such data would provide a basis for designating areas as   
        attainment or nonattainment for any PM<INF>2.5</INF> national   
        ambient air quality standards pursuant to the standards   
        promulgated in July 1997;  
            (3) the President of the United States directed the   
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred   
        to in this title as the ``Administrator'') in a memorandum dated   
        July 16, 1997, to complete the next periodic review of the   
        particulate matter national ambient air quality standards by   
        July 2002 in order to determine ``whether to revise or maintain   
        the standards'';  
            (4) the Administrator has stated that 3 years of air quality   
        monitoring data for fine particle levels, measured as   
        PM<INF>2.5</INF> and performed in accordance with any applicable   
        Federal reference methods, is appropriate for designating areas   
        as attainment or nonattainment pursuant to the July 1997   
        promulgated standards; and  
            (5) the Administrator has acknowledged that in drawing   
        boundaries for attainment and nonattainment areas for the July   
        1997 ozone national air quality standards, Governors would   
        benefit from considering implementation guidance from EPA on   
        drawing area boundaries.  
  
    (b) The purposes of this title are--  
            (1) to ensure that 3 years of air quality monitoring data   
        regarding fine particle levels are gathered for use in the   
        determination of area attainment or nonattainment designations   
        respecting any PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality   
        standards;  
            (2) to ensure that the Governors have adequate time to   
        consider implementation guidance from EPA on drawing area   
        boundaries prior to submitting area designations respecting the   
        July 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standards;  
            (3) to ensure that the schedule for implementation of the   
        July 1997 revisions of the ambient air quality standards for   
        particulate matter and the schedule for the Environmental  
         Protection Agency's visibility regulations related to regional   
        haze are consistent with the timetable for implementation of   
        such particulate matter standards as set forth in the   
        President's Implementation Memorandum dated July 16, 1997.  
  
SEC. 6102. PARTICULATE MATTER MONITORING PROGRAM. <<NOTE: 42 USC 7407   
            note.>>   
  
    (a) Through grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act the   
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall use   
appropriated funds no later than fiscal year 2000 to fund 100 percent of   
the cost of the establishment, purchase, operation and maintenance of a   
PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitoring network necessary to implement the national   
ambient air quality standards for PM<INF>2.5</INF> under section 109 of   
the Clean Air Act. This implementation shall not result in a diversion   
or reprogramming of funds from other Federal, State or local Clean Air   
Act activities. Any funds previously diverted or reprogrammed from   
section 105 Clean Air Act grants for PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitors must be   
restored to State or local air programs in fiscal year 1999.  
    (b) EPA and the States, consistent with their respective authorities   
under the Clean Air Act, shall ensure that the national network   
(designated in subsection (a)) which consists of the PM<INF>2.5</INF>   
monitors necessary to implement the national ambient air quality   
standards is established by December 31, 1999.  
    (c)(1) The Governors shall be required to submit designations   
referred to in section 107(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act for each area   
following promulgation of the July 1997 PM<INF>2.5</INF> national   
ambient air quality standard within 1 year after receipt of 3 years of   
air quality monitoring data performed in accordance with any applicable   
Federal reference methods for the relevant areas. Only data from the   
monitoring network designated in subsection (a) and other Federal   
reference method PM<INF>2.5</INF> monitors shall be considered for such   
designations. Nothing in the previous sentence shall be construed as   
affecting the Governor's authority to designate an area initially as   
nonattainment, and the Administrator's authority to promulgate the   
designation of an area as nonattainment, under section 107(d)(1) of the   
Clean Air Act, based on its contribution to ambient air quality in a   
nearby nonattainment area.  
    (2) For any area designated as nonattainment for the July 1997   
PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standard in accordance   
with the schedule set forth in this section, notwithstanding the time   
limit prescribed in paragraph (2) of section 169B(e) of the Clean Air   
Act, the Administrator shall require State implementation plan revisions   
referred to in such paragraph (2) to be submitted at the same time as   
State implementation plan revisions referred to in section 172 of the   
Clean Air Act implementing the revised national ambient air quality   
standard for fine particulate matter are required to be submitted. For   
any area designated as attainment or unclassifiable for such standard,   
the Administrator shall require the State implementation plan revisions   
referred to in such paragraph (2) to be submitted 1 year after the area   
has been so designated. The preceding provisions of this paragraph shall   
not preclude the implementation of the agreements and recommendations   
set forth in the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission Report   
dated June 1996.  
    (d) The Administrator shall promulgate the designations referred to   
in section 107(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act for each area following   
promulgation of the July 1997 PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient  
air quality standard by the earlier of 1 year after the initial   
designations required under subsection (c)(1) are required to be   
submitted or December 31, 2005.  
    (e) The Administrator shall conduct a field study of the ability of   
the PM<INF>2.5</INF> Federal Reference Method to differentiate those   
particles that are larger than 2.5 micrograms in diameter. This study   
shall be completed and provided to the Committee on Commerce of the   
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public   
Works of the United States Senate no later than 2 years from the date of   
enactment of this Act.  
  
SEC. 6103. OZONE DESIGNATION REQUIREMENTS. <<NOTE: 42 USC 7407 note.>>

 
  
    (a) The Governors shall be required to submit the designations   
referred to in section 107(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act within 2 years   
following the promulgation of the July 1997 ozone national ambient air   
quality standards.  
    (b) The Administrator shall promulgate final designations no later   
than 1 year after the designations required under subsection (a) are   
required to be submitted.  
  
SEC. 6104. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. <<NOTE: 42 USC 7407 note.>>   
  
    Nothing in sections 6101 through 6103 shall be construed by the   
Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency or any court, State, or   
person to affect any pending litigation or to be a ratification of the   
ozone or PM<INF>2.5</INF> standards.  

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