Determination regarding transboundary smoke emergency
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(a) Initial determination Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall determine whether— (1) one or more material transboundary smoke events originating substantially in Canada occurred during the 12-month period preceding such determination; and (2) the Government of Canada failed to take reasonable and effective measures to prevent, mitigate, contain, or otherwise respond to the conditions causing such event or events. (b) Affirmative determination If the President makes affirmative determinations under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the President shall— (1) publish notice of such determinations in the Federal Register; and (2) impose the sanctions required below. (c) Failure To make determination If the President does not make the determination required under subsection (a) by the date specified in that subsection, the determinations described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection shall be deemed to have been made in the affirmative on the day after such date. (d) Periodic review Not less frequently than once every 180 days after an affirmative determination under subsection (a), the President shall review whether the conditions supporting such determination continue to exist.