[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3555 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3555

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit stationary sources located in 
   ozone nonattainment areas from purchasing nitrogen oxide emission 
  credits under the Environmental Protection Agency's nitrogen oxide 
 trading program without the consent of the State in which such source 
                  is located, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2003

Mr. Moran of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit stationary sources located in 
   ozone nonattainment areas from purchasing nitrogen oxide emission 
  credits under the Environmental Protection Agency's nitrogen oxide 
 trading program without the consent of the State in which such source 
                  is located, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. NOX EMISSION TRADING BY SOURCES IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT 
              AREAS.

    Section 126 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7426) is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(d) Nox Trading.--No stationary source of oxides of nitrogen that 
is located in an ozone nonattainment area may purchase nitrogen oxide 
emission credits under any emissions trading program established by the 
Environmental Protection Agency or use any other authority provided by 
rules promulgated by the Administrator that would permit emissions of 
oxides of nitrogen from such source in excess of emission limits for 
that air pollutant otherwise applicable to that source under the State 
implementation plan and section 407 of this Act.''.
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