,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ac1       
#bjag,mr4 ,lynch introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require certain holders  
of a certificate of public convenience  
and necessity issued under the ,natural 
,gas ,act to suspend activities         
authorized by the certificate until     
violations relating to air quality are  
remediated1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,natural ,gas ,pipeline ,public    
,health ,protection ,act of #bjag4  #b4 
,suspension of certificate of public    
convenience and necessity in areas with 
pre-existing unsafe air pollutant levels
  7a7 ,in general ,where certified      
independent air quality testing         
demonstrates an existing violation of a 
national ambient air quality standard   
promulgated under section #aji of the   
,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdji71 

or of a requirement relating to a       
hazardous air pollutant listed under    
section #aab of the ,clean ,air ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdab71 at a site        
7including any community surrounding    
such site7 that is identified as the    
proposed location of a project for which
 a certificate of public convenience and
 necessity has been issued to a covered 
holder1 until such time as the ,state   
environmental authority with            
jurisdiction over the project site      
conducts certified independent air      
quality testing 7or other air quality   
testing using methods that have been    
approved by the ,state environmental    
authority or the ,environmental         
,protection ,agency7 and certifies to   
the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory        
,commission that any such violation has 
been remediated--  7#a7 the covered     
holder shall suspend all activities     
authorized by the certificate of public 
convenience and necessity of the covered
 holder2 and  7#b7 the ,commission may  

not issue any new certificate of public 
convenience and necessity under section 
#g of the ,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #gag;f7 to the covered holder 
with respect to the applicable project  
or project site 7including any community
 surrounding such site74  7b7           
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
covered holder means a holder of a      
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity1 issued under section #g of   
the ,natural ,gas ,act1 during the      
two-year period ending on the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 that has not    
commenced construction of the project   
for which such certificate was issued by
 such date of enactment4