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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2682

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for additional reductions in emissions

of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen in regions contributing to acid

deposition in the Adirondacks.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 28, 1995

Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for additional reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen

in regions contributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONTROL OF ACID DEPOSITION IN THE ADI4 RONDACKS.

5 Title IV of the Clean Air Act (relating to acid deposi6 tion control) is amended by adding the following new sec7 tion at the end thereof:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 417. ADDITIONAL CONTROLS FOR CERTAIN SOURCES

2 CONTRIBUTING TO ACID DEPOSITION IN ADI3 RONDACKS.

4 ‘‘(a) ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN SO2 FROM CER5 TAIN SOURCES.—In addition to the other requirements of

6 this title, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations

7 under this section requiring such reductions in sulfur diox8 ide emissions from utility units located in subregions con9 tributing to acid deposition in the Adirondacks as may be

10 necessary to limit (in the most cost effective manner) acid

11 deposition rates to the target level specified in subsection

12 (b) by the year 2000. Such regulations shall be promul13 gated not later than September 1, 1996. The regulations

14 shall target units in each subregion in order of their con15 tribution to acid deposition in the Adirondacks.

16 ‘‘(b) TARGET DEPOSITION LEVEL FOR ADIRON17 DACKS.—The target deposition level for the Adirondack

18 region for the period referred to in subsection (a) shall

19 be such as will assure that—

20 ‘‘(1) the proportion of surface waters in the re21 gion exceeding an Acid Neutralizing Capacity level

22 of 50 microequivalents per liter will be greater than

23 the proportion of such surface waters exceeding such

24 level as found by the 1984 National Surface Water

25 Survey conducted by the National Acid Precipitation

26 Assessment Program; and
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1 ‘‘(2) the maintenance load of sulfur per hectare

2 per year, measure wet deposition, on average for the

3 region will not exceed 3.5 kg.

4 ‘‘(c) NOX EMISSIONS.—Not later than September 1,

5 1996, the Administrator shall promulgate such regulations

6 as may be necessary to require utility units in subregions

7 that are major contributors to acid deposition in the Adi8 rondacks to employ, not later than January 1, 2000, rea9 sonably available control technology to reduce emissions

10 of oxides of nitrogen.

11 ‘‘(d) MEANS OF COMPLIANCE.—The regulations

12 under this section applicable to utility units shall allow

13 compliance by such units with additional reduction re14 quirements under this section through the use of scrubber

15 technology, fuel switching, energy efficiency, burner modi16 fication, selective or non-selective catalytic reduction, or

17 clean coal combustion technologies.

18 ‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—No

19 emission reductions achieved by reason of compliance with

20 this section shall be treated as emission reductions for

21 purposes of any other provision of this title. Any allow22 ances issued to any utility unit or obtained by such a unit

23 under this title for purposes of compliance with other pro24 visions of this title shall not authorize the unit to emit

25 sulfur dioxide in excess of any limitation or requirement
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1 applicable to the unit under regulations under this section.

2 Permits under title V shall be modified by the Adminis3 trator (or the State if the State has an approved permit

4 program) to require compliance with this section in addi5 tion to the other requirements of this title.’’.

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