II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 536 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 A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term renewable biomass.

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Renewable biomass

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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. .