[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 942 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 942

    To amend the Clean Air Act to clarify certain provisions in the 
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants to ensure that 
  no major stationary sources of such air pollutants are exempted by 
Environmental Protection Agency rules from compliance with the maximum 
    achievable control technology standard, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 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 clarify certain provisions in the 
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants to ensure that 
  no major stationary sources of such air pollutants are exempted by 
Environmental Protection Agency rules from compliance with the maximum 
    achievable control technology standard, 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 ``Clean Air Sustainability Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF MACT STANDARD TO CERTAIN SOURCES OF HAZARDOUS 
              AIR POLLUTANTS.

    Section 112(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(a)(1)) is 
amended by adding the following at the end thereof: ``For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term `potential to emit' refers to the maximum 
capacity of the source to emit the air pollutant concerned, determined 
at the first date on which the source is required to comply with a 
standard under this section without regard to any lower subsequent 
emission levels of that air pollutant attributable to compliance with 
such standard or other factors.''.
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