States could more easily exclude wildfire smoke from air quality reports
This bill would change how the government measures air quality when smoke from wildfires or controlled burns is in the air. It would make it easier for states to show that high pollution levels were caused by these events, rather than ongoing pollution. This could affect how areas are judged for meeting national clean air standards.
Today, the Clean Air Act has rules for handling air quality data affected by 'exceptional events,' but these rules don't specifically cover actions taken to reduce wildfire risk. This bill would change those rules to include wildfire mitigation actions, like prescribed burns. It would also update the definition of 'exceptional event' and create new ways for states to ask the EPA to exclude certain air quality data from official reports. The EPA would also have to create a public website to track these requests and perform regional analyses for multi-state events.
HR 6387 · 119th Congress · December 3, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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