Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study acid precipitation and fog in the Bay Area Acid Precipitation Impact Region, California. Includes Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Sonoma Counties in such Region. Requires completion of such study within two years of enactment and publication of results within six months of completion. Requires such study to be reported to the Congress and to include a specific plan for reduction of air pollutant emissions contributing to acid precipitation and deposition.
Requires the Administrator to assist the California Air Resources Board to establish an acid (pH) content index for ambient air, such content to be disclosed to the public on a daily basis.
Requires the Administrator to establish a program to improve monitoring techniques for acid content. Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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