3.0.0 1293 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z 2023-01-11T13:31:09Z Senate S 2015-05-12 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-06-09T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-05-12T15:45:24Z ACCTION Act of 2015 114 601 S 2015-02-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2015-06-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2015-05-12 True Energy Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Department of Energy Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Licensing and registrations Water quality Energy 00 2015-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-01T20:05:52Z This bill designates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the lead agency to coordinate all federal requirements under the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Safe Drinking Water Act regarding clean coal and advanced coal technology generating projects which:

  • install and operate an advanced carbon capture and storage technology or carbon capture utilization and storage technology at a new or existing steam generating unit; or
  • increase the efficiency of converting coal to either a useful energy, or to a feedstock for the manufacture of other products.

DOE is also required to establish a schedule for all federal authorizations with respect to such projects, including:

  • setting binding intermediate milestones and deadlines to ensure expeditious completion of all proceedings and final action on all pertinent federal authorizations,
  • requiring all permit decisions and related environmental reviews to be completed within one year after the date on which a complete application for each environmental review is submitted, and
  • coordinating state permitting and environmental requirements.
]]> A bill to establish the Department of Energy as the lead agency for coordinating all requirements under Federal law with respect to eligible clean coal and advanced coal technology generating projects, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to establish the Department of Energy as the lead agency for coordinating all requirements under Federal law with respect to eligible clean coal and advanced coal technology generating projects, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Department of Energy as the lead agency for coordinating all requirements under Federal law with respect to eligible clean coal and advanced coal technology generating projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1293is/xml/BILLS-114s1293is.xml 2015-06-09 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.