[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1301 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1301

    To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the listing of liquefied 
            petroleum gas under section 112(r) of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1999

   Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. Danner, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. 
Talent, Mr. Graham, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Skelton) 
 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 prohibit the listing of liquefied 
            petroleum gas under section 112(r) of that Act.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency has included 
        propane under the Risk Management Program (RMP).
            (2) Propane is not toxic, yet the RMP is intended to reduce 
        risks associated with toxic chemical accidents.
            (3) Propane is listed in section 241 of the Clean Air Act 
        and section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 as a clean 
        alternative fuel.
            (4) Including propane in the RMP will degrade air quality 
        of stifling development of propane as an alternative fuel and 
        causing propane users to switch to less environmentally 
        desirable fuels.
            (5) Facilities storing propane are already regulated in all 
        50 States by Safety Standard 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, 
        published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
            (6) The inclusion of propane in the RMP duplicates the 
        extensive safety infrastructure in all 50 states through 
        building and fire codes.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF CLEAN AIR ACT.

    Section 112(r)(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(3)) is 
amended by inserting the following before the next-to-last sentence 
thereof: ``Liquefied petroleum gas shall not be included on any such 
list.''.
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