CLEAR Act

Key Provisions

• Extends the review period for national air quality standards from 5 years to 10 years.
• Lets the EPA consider if air quality standards are realistically achievable when setting new ones, as a secondary factor.
• Gives states at least one year to fix clean air plan problems before the EPA steps in with its own plan.
• Prevents states from facing penalties for pollution from outside their area, exceptional events like wildfires, or uncontrollable mobile sources.
• Expands the definition of "exceptional event" to include actions taken to reduce wildfire risk, like prescribed burns.
• Requires the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee to assess and advise on any adverse public health, welfare, social, economic, or energy effects of meeting air quality standards.