Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/17/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- 2017-03-02Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2017-03-02Introduced in House
- 2017-03-02Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-02 (00)
Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2017
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to give states the option of monitoring 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 unless the state is acting in bad faith, and (2) must allow states to base determinations on whether national ambient air quality standards for the air pollutants were exceeded on data derived from such monitoring.
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Intergovernmental relations
- State and local government operations
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