PUBLIC LAW 97-23—JULY 17, 1981
95 STAT. 139
Public Law 97-23 97th Congress An Act To amend the Clean Air Act to provide compliance date extensions for steelmaking facilities on a case-by-case basis to facilitate modernization.
July 17, 1981 [H.R. 3520]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be Steel Industry cited as the "Steel Industry Compliance Extension Act of 1981". E^tengTon'Act of SEC. 2. Section 113 of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the igsi. following new subsection at the end thereof: 42 USC 7401 "(e)(1) The Administrator may, in his discretion, in the case of any Jo^ngc 7413 person which is the owner or operator of a stationary source in an iron- and steel-producing operation not in compliance with the emission limitation requirements of an applicable implementation plan, consent to entry of a Federal judicial decree, or to the modification of an existing Federal judicial decree, with such person establishing a schedule for compliance for such source extending beyond December 31, 1982, but ending not later than December 31, 1985, on the following conditions: "(A) the Administrator finds, on the basis of information submitted by the applicant and other information available to him, that such extension of compliance is necessary to allow such person to make capital investments in its iron- and steel-producing operations to improve their efficiency and productivity; "(B) the Administrator finds, on the basis of information submitted by the applicant and other information available to him, that an amount equal to the funds the expenditure of which would have been required to comply by December 31, 1982, with those requirements of an applicable implementation plan for which such extensions of compliance are granted and whose expenditure for such purposes are being deferred until after December 31, 1982, pursuant to such extensions will be invested prior to two years from the date of enactment of this subsection in additional capital investments in the iron- and steel-producing operations owned or operated by such person, and located in communities which already contain iron- and steel-producing operations, to improve their efficiency and productivity; "(C) the Administrator and such person consent to entry of Federal judicial decree(s) establishing a phased program of compliance to bring each station^:y source at all of such person's iron- and steel-producing operations into compliance with the emission limitation requirements of applicable implementation plans (or, with respect to existing stationary sources located in any nonattainment area for which no implementation plan has been approved as meeting the requirements of part D and subject 42 USC 7501. to implementation plan(s) which do not require compliance with emission limitations which represent at least reasonably available control technology, compliance with emission limitations which represent reasonably available control technology) as expeditiously as practicable but no later than December 31, 1982,
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