,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ad1       
#bjai,mr4 ,schweikert 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,crdenas1 and ,mr4 ,aguilar7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,clean ,air ,act to give ,states the    
option of monitoring covered criteria   
air pollutants in designated areas by   
greatly increasing the number of air    
quality sensors in exchange for greater 
regulatory flexibility in the methods of
 monitoring1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,crowd ,sourcing of             
,environmental ,data ,act of #bjai4  #b4
 ,option for expanded monitoring  7a7   
,in general ,section #aaj7;a7 of the    
,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         
#gdaj7;a77 is amended by inserting after
 paragraph 7#c7 the following3  7#d7    
,option for expanded monitoring  7,a7   
,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--  7i7 continuing to
 use the monitoring system 7including   
for purposes of baseline measurements7  
that was in operation as of the         
submission of the revision to the plan2 
and  7ii7 greatly increasing the number 
of air quality sensors1 which may       
include mobile sensors1 for such        
monitoring system4  7,b7 ,state         
discretion ,subject to subparagraphs    
7,c7 and 7,d71 the ,administrator shall 
allow a ,state to make a revision to a  
,state implementation plan in accordance
 with subparagraph 7,a7 at the ,state's 
discretion4  7,c7 ,ensuring quality ,on 
an annual basis1 each ,state that       
conducts monitoring pursuant to this    
paragraph1 as a condition on the        
continuation of such monitoring1 shall  
demonstrate to the ,administrator that  
the quality of the data produced through
 such monitoring meets all applicable   

data quality standards under this ,act4 
7,d7 ,review by ,administrator ,a       
,state's annual demonstration under     
subparagraph 7,c7 is deemed to have met 
the standard described in such          
subparagraph unless the ,administrator  
issues a written response--  7i7 finding
 that such standard is not met2 and     
7ii7 explaining the basis for such      
finding4  7,e7 ,greater regulatory      
flexibility ,with respect to each       
designated area in which a ,state       
conducts monitoring pursuant to this    
paragraph1 the ,administrator--  7i7    
shall not require any particular method 
of monitoring to be used or not used1 so
 long as the data derived from such     
monitoring meets all applicable data    
quality standards under this ,act1 as   
described in subparagraph 7,c72 and     
7ii7 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 occurred4  7,f7            
,definitions ,in this paragraph3 7i7    
,the term covered criteria air pollutant
 means an air pollutant for which air   
quality criteria have been issued under 
section #ajh7;a71 except that such term 
does not include carbon monoxide or     
nitrogen dioxide4  7ii7 ,the term       
designated area means an area that is   
designated under section #ajg7;d7 as    
being in nonattainment1 in attainment1  
or unclassifiable4  4  7b7 ,regulations 
,not later than #ab months after the    
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall promulgate    
final regulations to implement section  
#aaj7;a77#d7 of the ,clean ,air ,act1 as
 added by subsection 7a74 ,such         
regulations shall specify how a ,state  
must demonstrate to the ,administrator1 
as required by subparagraph 7,c7 of such
 section #aaj7;a77#d71 that the quality 
of the data produced through monitoring 

pursuant to such section #aaj7;a77#d7 is
 at least as good as the quality of the 
data that would be produced for the     
respective air pollutants in the        
respective areas if the ,state did not  
exercise the option to conduct          
monitoring pursuant to such section     
#aaj7;a77#d74