[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1087 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1087

   To amend the Clean Air Act to require that mercury emissions from 
electric utility steam generating units be subject to the MACT standard 
         for hazardous air pollutants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2007

Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas 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 require that mercury emissions from 
electric utility steam generating units be subject to the MACT standard 
         for hazardous air pollutants, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mercury Emissions Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. MERCURY FROM ELECTRIC UTILITY STEAM GENERATING UNITS.

    Section 112(c)(6) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(c)(6)) is 
amended by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(6)'', by striking the last 
sentence, and by adding the following new subparagraph at the end 
thereof:
            ``(B) The Administrator shall promulgate standards under 
        this section for mercury emissions from electric utility steam 
        generating units to take effect one year after the enactment of 
        this subparagraph.''.
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