[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1988

 To allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air 
 Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2014

  Mr. Inhofe 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 allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air 
 Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER THE CLEAN 
              AIR ACT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State may permanently 
waive any regulation relating to electric generating units promulgated 
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) if the Governor of the State 
certifies that the electric generating units are necessary for reasons 
of power reliability and affordability.
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