H.R. 6387 · SPONSOR GABE EVANS R-CO-8 (NOT ON COMMITTEE)
FIRE Act
- Broaden qualifying exceptional events: The bill would treat some human activities intended to mirror natural events, as well as events unlikely to recur, as exceptional events. It defines wildfire-risk mitigation actions to include prescribed fires and similar measures carried out under state-approved practices, and lets related monitoring data be considered for exclusion from certain air-quality decisions
- Revise EPA data-handling rules: The EPA would have to revise its rules for reviewing and handling monitoring data affected by exceptional events or wildfire-risk mitigation actions. The rules would cover when states can petition to exclude such data from decisions about pollution-standard violations, area designations, attainment, and other listed matters
- Require analysis of regional events: When multiple states notify the EPA that they intend to petition over the same air-quality event, or the EPA determines a multistate event occurred, the agency would have to conduct regional modeling and analysis to support the required demonstration
- Introduced
- In committee
- Reported
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Law
What’s next: Passed the House. Next step: the Senate.
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