United States 116th Congress Status: Died Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HR 1284 — Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2019

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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Summary

Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2019 This bill authorizes states to monitor certain criteria air pollutants (i.e., lead, ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide) by greatly increasing the number of air quality sensors under their state implementation plans. The Environmental Protection Agency (1) may not enforce a requirement concerning the method of monitoring if the derived data meets quality standards, and (2) must allow states to consider data derived from such methods when determining whether national ambient air quality standards for criteria air pollutants were exceeded.

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Air pollution prevention and control · 42 U.S.C. ch. 85 1 section
  • § 7410 State implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards Amends

    42 U.S.C. § 7410 — at 7410(a)

    The law today

    (a) Adoption of plan by State; submission to Administrator; content of plan; revision; new sources; indirect source review program; supplemental or intermittent control systems (1) Each State shall, after reasonable notice and public hearings, adopt and submit to the Administrator, within 3 years (or such shorter period as the Administrator may prescribe) after the promulgation of a national primary ambient air quality standard (or any revision thereof) under section 7409 of this title for any air pollutant, a plan which provides for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of such primary standard in each air quality control region (or portion thereof) within such State. In addition, such State shall adopt and submit to the Administrator (either as a part of a plan submitted under the preceding sentence or separately) within 3 years (or such shorter period as the Administrator may prescribe) after the promulgation of a national ambient air quality secondary standard (or revision thereof), a plan which provides for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of such secondary standard in each air quality control region (or portion thereof) within such State. Unless a separate public hearing is provided, each State shall consider its plan implementing such secondary standard at the hearing required by the first sentence of this paragraph. (2) Each implementation plan submitted by a State under this chapter shall be adopted by the State after reasonable notice and public hearing. Each such plan shall— (A) include enforceable emission limitations and other control measures, means, or techniques (including economic incentives such as fees, marketable permits, and auctions of emissions rights), as well as schedules and timetables for compliance, as may be necessary or appropriate to meet the applicable requirements of this chapter; (B) provide for establishment and operation of appropriate devices, methods, systems, and procedures necessary to— (i) monitor, compile, and analyze data on ambient air quality, and (ii) upon request, make such data available to the Administrator; (C) include a program to provide for the enforcement of the measures described in subparagraph (A), and regulation of the modification and construction of any stationary source within the areas covered by the plan as necessary to assure that national ambient air quality standards are achieved, including a permit program as required in parts C and D; (D) contain adequate provisions— (i) prohibiting, consistent with the provisions of this subchapter, any source or other type of emissions activity within the State from emitting any air pollutant in amounts which will— (I) contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or interfere with maintenance by, any other State with respect to any such national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard, or (II) interfere with measures required to be included in the applicable implementation plan for any other State under part C to prevent significant deterioration of air quality or to protect visibility, (ii) insuring compliance with the applicable requirements of sections 7426 and 7415 of this title (relating to interstate and international pollution abatement); (E) provide (i) necessary assurances that the State (or, except where the Administrator deems inappropriate, the general purpose local government or governments, or a regional agency designated by the State or general purpose local governments for such purpose) will have adequate personnel, funding, and authority under State (and, as appropriate, local) law to carry out such implementation plan (and is not prohibited by any provision of Federal or State law from carrying out such implementation plan or portion thereof), (ii) requirements that the State comply with the requirements respecting State boards under section 7428 of this title, and (iii) necessary assurances that, where the State has relied on a local or regional government, agency, or instr...

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The bill allows states to include a new program in their implementation plans for greater monitoring of air pollutants using additional sensors with more regulatory flexibility.

  • 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)

    (4) Option for Expanded Monitoring.--(A) In general.--Any State may include in a State implementation plan a program for monitoring one or more covered criteria air pollutants in one or more designated areas by--(i) continuing to use the monitoring system (including for purposes of baseline measurements) that was in operation as of the submission of the revision to the plan; and (ii) greatly increasing the number of air quality sensors, which may include mobile sensors, for such monitoring system.

    This adds a new option for states to expand their monitoring of air pollutants.

  • 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)

    (B) State discretion.--Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Administrator shall allow a State to make a revision to a State implementation plan in accordance with subparagraph (A) at the State's discretion.

    This provides states with the discretion to revise their implementation plans for expanded monitoring.

  • 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)

    (C) Ensuring quality.--On an annual basis, each State that conducts monitoring pursuant to this paragraph, as a condition on the continuation of such monitoring, shall demonstrate to the Administrator that the quality of the data produced through such monitoring meets all applicable data quality standards under this Act.

    This requires states to demonstrate data quality standards annually for monitoring.

  • 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)

    (D) Review by administrator.--A State's annual demonstration under subparagraph (C) is deemed to have met the standard described in such subparagraph unless the Administrator issues a written response--(i) finding that such standard is not met; and (ii) explaining the basis for such finding.

    This establishes a review mechanism for the Administrator to assess state compliance with data quality standards.

  • 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)

    (E) Greater regulatory flexibility.--With respect to each designated area in which a State conducts monitoring pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrator--(i) shall not require any particular method of monitoring to be used or not used, so long as the data derived from such monitoring meets all applicable data quality standards under this Act, as described in subparagraph (C); and (ii) shall allow the State involved to consider data derived from monitoring pursuant to this paragraph in making any determination on whether an exceedance of the national ambient air quality standard for the criteria air pollutant involved has occurred.

    This grants states more flexibility in choosing monitoring methods and using monitoring data.

  • 42 U.S.C. 7410(a)

    (F) Definitions.--In this paragraph: (i) The term `covered criteria air pollutant' means an air pollutant for which air quality criteria have been issued under section 108(a), except that such term does not include carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide. (ii) The term `designated area' means an area that is designated under section 107(d) as being in nonattainment, in attainment, or unclassifiable.

    This section defines key terms relevant to the monitoring program for clarity.

Action History

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 1284 do?
Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2019 This bill authorizes states to monitor certain criteria air pollutants (i.e., lead, ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide) by greatly increasing the number of air quality sensors under their state implementation plans. The Environmental Protection Agency (1) may not enforce a requirement concerning the method of monitoring if the derived data meets quality standards, and (2) must allow states to consider data derived from such methods when determining whether national ambient air quality standards for criteria air pollutants were exceeded.
Who sponsors HR 1284?
HR 1284 is sponsored by Cárdenas, Tony (Democratic), Aguilar, Pete (Democratic), and Schweikert, David (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 1284?
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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