[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 781 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 781

   To amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable 
biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural 
                        Investment Act of 2002.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2011

   Mr. Thune 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 conform the definition of renewable 
biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural 
                        Investment Act of 2002.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS.

    Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (I) and inserting the following:
                    ``(I) Renewable biomass.--The term `renewable 
                biomass' means--
                            ``(i) materials (including trees, wood, 
                        brush, thinnings, and chips) or invasive 
                        species from National Forest System land and 
                        public lands (as defined in section 103 of the 
                        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
                        (43 U.S.C. 1702)), including slash and other 
                        materials, that--
                                    ``(I) would not otherwise be used 
                                for higher-value manufactured forest 
                                products;
                                    ``(II) are removed--
                                            ``(aa) to reduce hazardous 
                                        fuels;
                                            ``(bb) to reduce or contain 
                                        disease or insect infestation;
                                            ``(cc) to restore or 
                                        maintain ecosystem health; or
                                            ``(dd) from a federally 
                                        approved vegetation management 
                                        project; and
                                    ``(III) are harvested in accordance 
                                with--
                                            ``(aa) applicable law and 
                                        land management plans; and
                                            ``(bb) 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 
                                        (16 U.S.C. 6512);
                            ``(ii) any organic matter that is available 
                        on a renewable or recurring basis from non-
                        Federal land, 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, or any reservation (as defined in 
                        section 3 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 
                        (25 U.S.C. 1452)), including--
                                    ``(I) renewable plant material, 
                                including--
                                            ``(aa) feed grains;
                                            ``(bb) other agricultural 
                                        commodities;
                                            ``(cc) other plants and 
                                        trees; and
                                            ``(dd) algae; and
                                    ``(II) waste material (other than 
                                paper that is commonly recycled), 
                                including--
                                            ``(aa) crop residue;
                                            ``(bb) other vegetative 
                                        waste material (including wood 
                                        waste and wood residues);
                                            ``(cc) animal waste and 
                                        byproducts (including fats, 
                                        oils, greases, and manure); and
                                            ``(dd) food waste and yard 
                                        waste; and
                            ``(iii) residues or byproducts from wood, 
                        pulp, or paper product facilities.''.
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