42 U.S.C. § 7625-1 : US Code - Section 7625-1: Exemptions for certain territories

Search 42 U.S.C. § 7625-1 : US Code - Section 7625-1: Exemptions for certain territories

(a)(1) Upon petition by the governor (!1) of Guam, American
Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Administrator is authorized to exempt any
person or source or class of persons or sources in such territory
from any requirement under this chapter other than section 7412 of
this title or any requirement under section 7410 of this title or
part D of subchapter I of this chapter necessary to attain or
maintain a national primary ambient air quality standard. Such
exemption may be granted if the Administrator finds that compliance
with such requirement is not feasible or is unreasonable due to
unique geographical, meteorological, or economic factors of such
territory, or such other local factors as the Administrator deems
significant. Any such petition shall be considered in accordance
with section 7607(d) of this title and any exemption under this
subsection shall be considered final action by the Administrator
for the purposes of section 7607(b) of this title.
(2) The Administrator shall promptly notify the Committees on
Energy and Commerce and on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works
and on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate upon receipt of
any petition under this subsection and of the approval or rejection
of such petition and the basis for such action.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any
fossil fuel fired steam electric power plant operating within Guam
as of December 8, 1983, is hereby exempted from:
(1) any requirement of the new source performance standards
relating to sulfur dioxide promulgated under section 7411 of this
title as of December 8, 1983; and
(2) any regulation relating to sulfur dioxide standards or
limitations contained in a State implementation plan approved
under section 7410 of this title as of December 8, 1983:
Provided, That such exemption shall expire eighteen months after
December 8, 1983, unless the Administrator determines that such
plant is making all emissions reductions practicable to prevent
exceedances of the national ambient air quality standards for
sulfur dioxide.