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“I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. The issue that we are discussing here was actually brought up in debate at the time of the conference committee, this very language, the very title that we are discussing. I will read some language from the conference committee report. Of primary concern is the fact that OCS air pollution is causing or contributing to the violation of Federal and State ambient air quality standards in some coastal regions. {time} 1600 We are dealing with onshore. The debate is on onshore. The debate at the time was over onshore regulations, on coastal regulations. In addition, the testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee focused on this language in the regulations dealing with the rational relationship to the attainment and maintenance of Federal and State ambient air quality standards and the requirements of the PSD program, and that the rule is not used for the purpose of preventing exploration and development of the OCS, going directly--directly--to the interpretation that the focus on OCS requirements, as the regulations themselves state, is onshore, that the onshore air quality represents a rational relationship between OCS sources and obtaining and maintaining air quality standards. California, this was the language, this was the conversation. The debate took place during the very conference committee about coastal regions, about onshore regulations. I thank the gentleman for yielding.”