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      "id": 103542,
      "date": "2003-09-04",
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      "title": "Ozone and Particulate Air Quality: Should Deadlines for Attainment Be Extended?",
      "summary": "Over the next year, Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider\nwhether\nto maintain the Clean Air Act's strict requirements for areas that have not attained air quality\nstandards. These \"nonattainment\" areas, many of which will be so designated for the first time as\nEPA implements more stringent standards for ozone and fine particles in 2004, must implement\ncontrols on pollution sources or face sanctions, including a cutoff of federal highway funds and\nrequirements that new sources offset their emissions by reducing emissions at existing facilities. In\nits Clear Skies bill ( H.R. 999  /  S. 485 ) and in regulatory guidance, the\nAdministration has proposed additional flexibility for nonattainment areas, beyond that provided in\nthe existing Clean Air Act. Whether the Agency has exceeded its authority by extending deadlines\nfor existing nonattainment areas, and whether the statutory requirements should be made more\nflexible are questions Congress may consider. This report will be updated as events warrant.",
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