HR 4816 · 97th Congress · Environmental Protection

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to control acid precipitation, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1981-10-22· Sponsored by Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.(1981-11-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title I (Air Pollution Prevention and Control) of the Clean Air Act to require States within an acid rain mitigation area to include control of acid deposition in their State implementation plans. (Defines "acid precipitation mitigation area" to mean the 31 States east of a line running south from the western borders of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas). Provides that, if a State fails to submit within one year of this Act's enactment a plan meeting acid precipitation mitigation requirements or if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not approve such plan within one year and four months after such date, no plan shall be promulgated by the Administrator. Requires, in such cases, that specified electric utility steam generating units comply, within five years of this Act's enactment, with a specified emission limitation for sulfur dioxide. Requires that, for purposes of required provisions for revision of State plans, a one-year period after enactment expire before the Administrator may submit a notice of a determination of noncompliance with acid deposition mitigation requirements or treat any plan as not complying with such requirements. Provi…

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6 Democrats