CLEAN AIR ACT see also Ecology and Environment

Bills and resolutions

Air pollution: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H1425 [14MR]

EPA: amend the renewable fuel program to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel (see H.R. 1959), H2602 [14MY]

——— amend the renewable fuel program to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production (see S. 251), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 550), H411 [6FE]

——— apply emission limits to hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide emitted by electric utility steam generating units that use circulating fluidized bed technology to convert coal refuse into energy (see H.R. 3138), H5765 [19SE]

——— clarify definition of accidental release under the Clean Air Act (see S. 1781), S8565 [9DE]

——— clarify general duty clause of Clean Air Act as it applies to chemical facility accidental release prevention (see H.R. 888), H814 [28FE]

——— eliminate certain renewable fuel standard program requirements (see H.R. 1482), H1909 [10AP]

——— eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 1462), H1908 [10AP]

——— eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel (see S. 1807), S8771 [12DE]

——— prohibit awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance under the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the U.S. (see S. 558), S1786 [13MR] (see H.R. 959), H981 [5MR]

——— provide adequate data, modeling, and support in the development of a State implementation plan under the Clean Air Act (see S. 319), S708 [13FE]

——— provide comprehensive assessment of scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends (see H.R. 875), H701 [27FE]

——— repeal expansion of renewable fuel program and prohibit authorization of higher ethanol blends for motor vehicle and gasoline engine fuels (see H.R. 1469), H1909 [10AP]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see S. 1195), S4792 [20JN] (see H.R. 1461), H1908 [10AP]

——— require that a reduction to the volume of cellulosic biofuel required under the renewable fuel standard also results in a pro rata reduction of the volume of renewable fuel and advanced biofuels (see S. 977), S3569 [16MY]

——— waive emission standards or other requirements applicable to asbestos control in the demolition or renovation of a condemned building with a reasonable expectation of structural failure (see H.R. 204), H52 [4JA]

Motor vehicles: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H546 [14FE]

Power resources: facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (see S. 1401), S6126 [31JY]

Taxation: provide a business credit for the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within designated nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 407), H281 [23JA]

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see S. 1435), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 2958), H5343 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, H7202–H7204 [19NO]

——— eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (H.R. 1154), H7281, H7290, H7307 [20NO]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit giving veto power over EPA rules that regulate air or water quality, H5248 [31JY]

EPA: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (H.R. 1462), E416 [10AP]

——— maximum achievable control technology rule on mercury air toxic standards for utilities, H5243, H5245 [31JY]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (H.R. 1461), E416 [10AP]

Impact, H3982 [20JN], H6760 [23OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of environmental and climate policies, H4189 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S34–S36 [22JA], S5608 [10JY], S5727, S5748 [17JY]

EPA: eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel (S. 1807), S8773 [12DE]

——— preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change, S2298 [22MR]

——— prohibit awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance under the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the U.S. (S. 558), S1826 [13MR], S1827 [14MR]

——— proposed rule to waive the renewable fuel standard, S8972 [18DE]

——— provide adequate data, modeling, and support in the development of a State implementation plan under the Clean Air Act (S. 319), S713 [13FE]

——— renewable fuel standards relative to ethanol, S8181 [19NO]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program, S6618 [19SE]

Texts of

S. 1807, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act, S8774 [12DE]