1.This Act may be cited as the
Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of
2009
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2.Section 201 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat.
1519) is amended in the amendment made to section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) by amending subparagraph (I) of such section 211(o)(1) to
read as follows:
(I)The term renewable biomass means—
(A)materials,
precommercial thinnings, or removed exotic species that—
(i)are
byproducts of preventive treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings,
chips, and slash) that are removed—
(I)to reduce
hazardous fuels;
(II)to reduce or
contain disease or insect infestation; or
(III)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) in accordance with—
(I)Federal and State
law;
(II)applicable land
management plans; and
(III)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 and the requirements for large-tree retention of
subsection (f) of that section; or
(B)any organic matter
that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or
land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United
States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United
States, including—
(i)renewable plant
material, including—
(I)feed
grains;
(II)other
agricultural commodities;
(III)other plants and
trees; and
(IV)algae; and
(ii)waste material,
including—
(I)crop
residue;
(II)other vegetative
waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);
(III)animal waste and
byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure);
(IV)construction
waste; and
(V)food waste and yard
waste.
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