[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3185 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3185

   To provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency 
entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
  Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines'' have no force or effect 
  with respect to existing stationary compression and spark ignition 
 reciprocating internal combustion engines operated by certain persons 
 and entities for the purpose of generating electricity or operating a 
                              water pump.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 13, 2011

   Mr. Latta (for himself, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Wilson of South 
   Carolina, and Mr. Kline) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency 
entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
  Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines'' have no force or effect 
  with respect to existing stationary compression and spark ignition 
 reciprocating internal combustion engines operated by certain persons 
 and entities for the purpose of generating electricity or operating a 
                              water pump.

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

SECTION 1. EXISTING STATIONARY COMPRESSION IGNITION RECIPROCATING 
              INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

    The final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency on 
March 3, 2010, entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines'' (75 Fed. 
Reg. 9648), and any subsequent regulation that is substantially the 
same shall have no force or effect with respect to existing stationary 
compression ignition reciprocating internal combustion engines (as that 
term is used in the rule) operated for the purpose of generating 
electricity or operating a water pump by--
            (1) a State or local government, political subdivision, or 
        agency;
            (2) a public or cooperative utility; or
            (3) persons or entities engaged in the production of 
        agricultural commodities, including livestock.

SEC. 2. EXISTING STATIONARY SPARK IGNITION RECIPROCATING INTERNAL 
              COMBUSTION ENGINES.

    The final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency on 
August 20, 2010, entitled ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines'' (75 Fed. 
Reg. 51570), the direct final action published by the Environmental 
Protection Agency on March 9, 2011, entitled ``National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal 
Combustion Engines'' (76 Fed. Reg. 12863), and any subsequent 
regulation that is substantially the same shall have no force or effect 
with respect to existing stationary spark ignition reciprocating 
internal combustion engines (as that term is used in the rules) 
operated for the purpose of generating electricity or operating a water 
pump--
            (1) by a State or local government, political subdivision, 
        or agency;
            (2) a public or cooperative utility; or
            (3) persons or entities engaged in the production of 
        agricultural commodities, including livestock.
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