Sec. 4. Criteria pollutant/NAAQS monitoring network
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The Administrator shall require an additional 80 NCore multipollutant monitoring stations. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure all NCore multipollutant monitoring stations required to be deployed under subsection
(a)are installed and integrated into the air quality monitoring system established pursuant to section 319 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7619 ). Monitoring results from NCore multipollutant stations deployed pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be used for purposes of comparison to national ambient air quality standards, and for such other purposes as the Administrator determines will promote the protection of public health from air pollution. The Administrator shall ensure that at least 40 of the NCore multi-pollutant monitoring stations required under subsection
(a)are sited in census tracts that each meet one or more of the following criteria: The rates of childhood asthma, adult asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, or cancer are higher than the national average for such condition in the census tract. The percentage of people living below the poverty level, that are above age 18 without a high school diploma, or that are unemployed, is higher than the national average in the census tract. Two or more major sources (as defined in section 501(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7661(2) )) are located within the census tract and adjacent census tracts combined. COVID–19 death rates are at least 10 percent higher than the national average in the census tract. There is a higher than average population in the census tract of vulnerable or sensitive individuals who may be at greater risk than the general population of adverse health effects from exposure to one or more air pollutants for which national ambient air quality standards have been established pursuant to the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), including infants, children, pregnant women, workers, the elderly, or individuals living in an environmental justice community. Not more than 1 of the NCore multipollutant monitoring stations described in subparagraph
(A)may be sited within the same metropolitan statistical area, municipality, or county. In determining and approving sites for NCore multipollutant monitoring stations required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— invite proposals from or on behalf of residents of a community for the siting of such stations in such community; prioritize siting of such stations in census tracts or counties with per capita death rates from COVID–19 that are at least 10 percent higher than the national average, as of the date of enactment of this Act or the date of the proposal; and prior to making siting determinations, provide public notice of proposed siting locations and provide an opportunity for public comment for at least 30 days thereafter— in the Federal Register, by email to persons who have requested notice of proposed siting determinations; by news release; and by posting on the public website of the Environmental Protection Agency. Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall— in coordination with the States, complete an assessment, which includes public input, on the status of all ambient air quality monitors that are part of Federal, State, or local networks and used for determining compliance with national ambient air quality standards to determine whether each such monitor is operational; and report to Congress, and publish on the public website of the Environmental Protection Agency, a list of all non-operational monitors and an accompanying schedule and plan to restore all such monitors into full operation within one year. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $61,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. The Administrator— may use amounts made available to carry this section to— directly to deploy NCore multipollutant monitoring stations required under subsection (a); or make grants under section 105 of the Clean Air Act to State and local governments for deployment and operation of such NCore multipollutant monitoring stations; and shall use at least 5 percent, but not more than 10 percent, of amounts made available to carry out this section to perform maintenance and repairs necessary to restore to operation to currently non-operational monitors located in nonattainment areas for ozone or PM2.5.
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