S.Amdt. 3207

SA 3207. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. GROUND-LEVEL OZONE STANDARDS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including
regulations), in implementing the final rule entitled
``National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone'' (80 Fed.
Reg. 65292 (October 26, 2015)), the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency--
(1) shall not implement or enforce a national primary or
secondary ambient air quality standard for ozone that is
lower than the standard established under section 50.15 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on
January 1, 2015), until at least 85 percent of the counties
that were nonattainment areas under that standard as of
January 30, 2015, achieve full compliance with that standard;
and
(2) shall only consider all or part of a county to be a
nonattainment area under the standard on the basis of direct
air quality monitoring.
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