[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2558 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2558

           To amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2008

   Mr. Thune 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 amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION.

    Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)) 
(as amended by section 201 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 (Public Law 110-140; 121 Stat. 1492)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as clauses 
        (vi) through (viii), respectively; and
            (2) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following:
                            ``(iv) Post-commercial residue and 
                        byproducts of sawmill, paper, and wood 
                        manufacturing operations.
                            ``(v) Materials, pre-commercial thinnings, 
                        or removed exotic species that--
                                    ``(I) are byproducts of preventive 
                                treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, 
                                thinnings, chips, and slash), that are 
                                removed--
                                            ``(aa) to reduce hazardous 
                                        fuels;
                                            ``(bb) to reduce or contain 
                                        disease or insect infestation; 
                                        or
                                            ``(cc) to restore ecosystem 
                                        health;
                                    ``(II) would not otherwise be used 
                                for higher-value products; and
                                    ``(III) are harvested from National 
                                Forest System land or public lands (as 
                                defined in section 103 of the Federal 
                                Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
                                (43 U.S.C. 1702)), in accordance with--
                                            ``(aa) Federal and State 
                                        law;
                                            ``(bb) applicable land 
                                        management plans; and
                                            ``(cc) the requirements for 
                                        old-growth maintenance, 
                                        restoration, and management 
                                        direction of paragraphs (2), 
                                        (3), and (4) of subsection (e) 
                                        of section 102 of the Healthy 
                                        Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
                                        (16 U.S.C. 6512) and the 
                                        requirements for large-tree 
                                        retention of subsection (f) of 
                                        that section.''.
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