[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 645 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 645

 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur 
   dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project 
                                 goals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2007

  Mr. Thomas (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Hagel, Ms. Murkowski, and 
 Mr. Salazar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur 
   dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project 
                                 goals.

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

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR CLEAN COAL POWER INITIATIVE.

    Section 402(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15962(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking subclause (I) and 
inserting the following:
                                    ``(I)(aa) to remove at least 99 
                                percent of sulfur dioxide; or
                                    ``(bb) to emit not more than 0.04 
                                pound SO<INF>2</INF> per million Btu, 
                                based on a 30-day average;''.
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