FIRE Act

This bill changes the rules about how certain air pollution events are handled under the Clean Air Act. Right now, states can ask the EPA to ignore air pollution data caused by unusual events like wildfires so those events don't count against them when measuring air quality. This bill expands what counts as an unusual event to include things like extreme heat, lack of rain, and human activities meant to prevent wildfires, such as controlled burns. It also requires the EPA to update its rules on handling air quality data affected by wildfire prevention efforts and to do broader regional studies when multiple states report the same event.

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