[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2146 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2146

 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction 
      Supplemental Environmental Projects, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2007

 Mr. Carper (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mrs. Clinton) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction 
      Supplemental Environmental Projects, 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. EPA AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION 
              SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(hereinafter, the ``Agency'') may accept (notwithstanding sections 3302 
and 1301 of title 31, United States Code) diesel emissions reduction 
Supplemental Environmental Projects if the projects, as part of a 
settlement of any alleged violations of environmental law--
            (1) protect human health or the environment;
            (2) are related to the underlying alleged violations;
            (3) do not constitute activities that the defendant would 
        otherwise be legally required to perform; and
            (4) do not provide funds for the staff of the Agency or for 
        contractors to carry out the Agency's internal operations.
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