[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 536 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 536

    To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term 
                         ``renewable biomass''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2009

   Mr. Wyden 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 the definition of the term 
                         ``renewable biomass''.

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

SECTION 1. RENEWABLE BIOMASS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Congress 
should seek to establish a consistent definition for the term 
``renewable biomass''.
    (b) Renewable Biomass.--Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as clauses 
        (vi) through (viii), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
                            ``(v) Slash and precommercial sized 
                        thinnings harvested--
                                    ``(I) in environmentally 
                                sustainable quantities, as determined 
                                by the appropriate Federal land 
                                manager; and
                                    ``(II) from National Forest System 
                                land or public land (as defined in 
                                section 103 of the Federal Land Policy 
                                and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
                                1702), other than--
                                            ``(aa) components of the 
                                        National Wilderness 
                                        Preservation System;
                                            ``(bb) wilderness study 
                                        areas;
                                            ``(cc) inventoried roadless 
                                        areas and all unroaded areas of 
                                        at least 5,000 acres;
                                            ``(dd) old growth stands;
                                            ``(ee) components of the 
                                        National Landscape Conservation 
                                        System; and
                                            ``(ff) national 
                                        monuments.''; and
            (3) by striking clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph 
        (1)) and inserting the following:
                            ``(vi) Biomass obtained on land in any 
                        ownership from the immediate vicinity of any 
                        building, camp, or public infrastructure 
                        facility (including roads), at risk from 
                        wildfire.''.
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