3.0.0 2076 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z Senate S 2015-09-24 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-24T20:13:09Z 2015-09-24 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-09-24 True Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Air quality Arctic and polar regions Asia China Climate change and greenhouse gases Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Congressional oversight Energy efficiency and conservation Energy prices Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental technology Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances India International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation Marine pollution Motor fuels Motor vehicles Oil and gas Public-private cooperation Solid waste and recycling Transportation costs U.S. and foreign investments Environmental Protection 00 2015-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-26T19:44:22Z Super Pollutants Act of 2015

This bill requires the President to establish the Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation. The Task Force must report on federal agencies' plans for reducing those pollutants, including: (1) black carbon (soot emissions), (2) methane, and (3) hydrofluorocarbons with high global warming potential (high-GWP HFC).

The Department of State must develop a comprehensive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from international shipping, which must include a roadmap toward helping countries reduce fine-particle emissions from shipping. While acting as chairperson of the Arctic Council, the Secretary of State must: (1) lead an effort to reduce black carbon through an Arctic-wide aspirational black carbon goal, and (2) encourage observers of that Council to adopt national black carbon emissions reduction goals and mitigation plans.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) must: (1) prioritize black carbon mitigation activities as part of aid distribution activities; (2) give special emphasis to projects that produce substantial environmental, gender, livelihood, and public health benefits; and (3) work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to help developing nations establish thriving markets for clean and efficient cooking solutions.

The State Department must provide technical assistance to aid international efforts in reducing black carbon emissions from diesel trucks, 2-stroke engines, diesel generators, and industrial processes.

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: (1) evaluate the availability of high-GWP HFC alternatives, and (2) report on a plan for revising regulatory barriers that prevent the use of those alternatives.

The bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture of any uncharged hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 air-conditioning condensing equipment for residential use. The EPA must study and report on the most effective method to minimize the inadvertent release of HFC-134a from automotive air conditioning recharge kits when the recharge container is not being used.

The State Department, DOE, the EPA, and the Department of Commerce must provide to other countries technical guidance on containing emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture.

The Government Accountability Office must identify: (1) the types of equipment throughout the production value chain that are most likely to have high leak rates, and (2) voluntary efforts on replacing or monitoring those types of equipment.

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