[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 340 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 340

 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

                            January 25, 2005

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. NO<INF>X</INF> 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) No<INF>X</INF> 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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