[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2682 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2682

  To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for additional reductions in 
     emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen in regions 
          contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 28, 1995

 Mr. Solomon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for additional reductions in 
     emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen in regions 
          contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTROL OF ACID DEPOSITION IN THE ADIRONDACKS.

    Title IV of the Clean Air Act (relating to acid deposition control) 
is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof:

``SEC. 417. ADDITIONAL CONTROLS FOR CERTAIN SOURCES CONTRIBUTING TO 
              ACID DEPOSITION IN ADIRONDACKS.

    ``(a) Additional Reductions in SO<INF>2 From Certain Sources.--In 
addition to the other requirements of this title, the Administrator 
shall promulgate regulations under this section requiring such 
reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions from utility units located in 
subregions contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks as may be 
necessary to limit (in the most cost effective manner) acid deposition 
rates to the target level specified in subsection (b) by the year 2000. 
Such regulations shall be promulgated not later than September 1, 1996. 
The regulations shall target units in each subregion in order of their 
contribution to acid deposition in the Adirondacks.
    ``(b) Target Deposition Level For Adirondacks.--The target 
deposition level for the Adirondack region for the period referred to 
in subsection (a) shall be such as will assure that--
            ``(1) the proportion of surface waters in the region 
        exceeding an Acid Neutralizing Capacity level of 50 
        microequivalents per liter will be greater than the proportion 
        of such surface waters exceeding such level as found by the 
        1984 National Surface Water Survey conducted by the National 
        Acid Precipitation Assessment Program; and
            ``(2) the maintenance load of sulfur per hectare per year, 
        measure wet deposition, on average for the region will not 
        exceed 3.5 kg.
  ``(c) NOX Emissions.--Not later than September 1, 1996, the 
Administrator shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 
require utility units in subregions that are major contributors to acid 
deposition in the Adirondacks to employ, not later than January 1, 
2000, reasonably available control technology to reduce emissions of 
oxides of nitrogen.
    ``(d) Means of Compliance.--The regulations under this section 
applicable to utility units shall allow compliance by such units with 
additional reduction requirements under this section through the use of 
scrubber technology, fuel switching, energy efficiency, burner 
modification, selective or non-selective catalytic reduction, or clean 
coal combustion technologies.
    ``(e) Relationship to Other Provisions.--No emission reductions 
achieved by reason of compliance with this section shall be treated as 
emission reductions for purposes of any other provision of this title. 
Any allowances issued to any utility unit or obtained by such a unit 
under this title for purposes of compliance with other provisions of 
this title shall not authorize the unit to emit sulfur dioxide in 
excess of any limitation or requirement applicable to the unit under 
regulations under this section. Permits under title V shall be modified 
by the Administrator (or the State if the State has an approved permit 
program) to require compliance with this section in addition to the 
other requirements of this title.''.
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