[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3072 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3072

To suspend, during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean 
 Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain 
 proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2010

Mr. Rockefeller 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 suspend, during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean 
 Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain 
 proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions, 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 ``Stationary Source Regulations Delay 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN EPA ACTION.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
notwithstanding any provision of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.), during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
not take any action under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) 
with respect to any stationary source permitting requirement or any 
requirement under section 111 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) relating to 
carbon dioxide or methane.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
            (1) any action under part A of title II of the Clean Air 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) relating to the vehicle emissions 
        standards contained in Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171 or 
        Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472;
            (2) any action relating to the preparation of a report or 
        the enforcement of a reporting requirement; or
            (3) any action relating to the provision of technical 
        support at the request of a State.
    (c) Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
action taken by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency before the end of the 2-year period described in subsection (a) 
shall be considered to make carbon dioxide or methane a pollutant 
subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) 
for any source other than a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle 
engine, as described in section 202(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)).
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