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Union Calendar No. 146 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 

[Report No. 112–225] 

To provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, 

and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2011 

Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 

BARROW, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. SCALISE, and Mr. MATHESON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 

Additional sponsors: Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. HERGER, Mr. BOREN, 

Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GIBBS, Ms. HERRERA

BEUTLER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. CARTER, Mr. FLORES, 

Mr. DUFFY, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 

ROE of Tennessee, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. 

ELLMERS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. NUNNELEE, 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. PETRI, Mr. 

FLEMING, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. HURT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. 

ROKITA, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. JONES, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

CRAVAACK, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. MCKINLEY, 

Mr. LANDRY, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 

DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. DAVID SCOTT

of Georgia, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. BISHOP of 

Utah, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. BONNER, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. 

NOEM, Mr. LONG, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. SCOTT

of South Carolina, Mr. KELLY, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 

WOMACK, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. STIVERS, 

Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. MCHENRY, 

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WELL, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. HASTINGS

of Washington, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. SCHILLING, Mr. WEST, Mr. 

BACHUS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. HALL, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 

ALTMIRE, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. MANZULLO, 

Mr. FLAKE, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. DENHAM, and Mr. WITTMAN

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 21, 2011] 


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A BILL 

To provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, 

process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘EPA Regulatory Relief 

5 Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE STAY. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—In place of the 

8 rules specified in subsection (b), and notwithstanding the 

9 date by which such rules would otherwise be required to be 

10 promulgated, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro11 tection Agency (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Adminis12 trator’’) shall— 

13 (1) propose regulations for industrial, commer14 cial, and institutional boilers and process heaters, 

15 and commercial and industrial solid waste inciner16 ator units, subject to any of the rules specified in sub17 section (b)— 

18 (A) establishing maximum achievable con19 trol technology standards, performance stand20 ards, and other requirements under sections 112 

21 and 129, as applicable, of the Clean Air Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 7412, 7429); and 

23 (B) identifying non-hazardous secondary 

24 materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients 

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1 ers, or incinerator units are solid waste under 

2 the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 

3 seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Resource Con4 servation and Recovery Act’’) for purposes of de5 termining the extent to which such combustion 

6 units are required to meet the emissions stand7 ards under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 7412) or the emission standards under 

9 section 129 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7429); and 

10 (2) finalize the regulations on the date that is 15 

11 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (b) STAY OF EARLIER RULES.—The following rules 

13 are of no force or effect, shall be treated as though such rules 

14 had never taken effect, and shall be replaced as described 

15 in subsection (a): 

16 (1) ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz17 ardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, 

18 Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process 

19 Heaters’’, published at 76 Fed. Reg. 15608 (March 21, 

20 2011). 

21 (2) ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz22 ardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, 

23 Commercial, and Institutional Boilers’’, published at 

24 76 Fed. Reg. 15554 (March 21, 2011). 


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1 (3) ‘‘Standards of Performance for New Sta2 tionary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Exist3 ing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste 

4 Incineration Units’’, published at 76 Fed. Reg. 15704 

5 (March 21, 2011). 

6 (4) ‘‘Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary 

7 Materials That Are Solid Waste’’, published at 76 

8 Fed. Reg. 15456 (March 21, 2011). 

9 (c) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—With 

10 respect to any standard required by subsection (a) to be 

11 promulgated in regulations under section 112 of the Clean 

12 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412), the provisions of subsections 

13 (g)(2) and (j) of such section 112 shall not apply prior to 

14 the effective date of the standard specified in such regula15 tions. 

16 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE DATES. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPLIANCE DATES.—For 

18 each regulation promulgated pursuant to section 2, the Ad19 ministrator— 

20 (1) shall establish a date for compliance with 

21 standards and requirements under such regulation 

22 that is, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

23 not earlier than 5 years after the effective date of the 

24 regulation; and 


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1 (2) in proposing a date for such compliance, 

2 shall take into consideration— 

3 (A) the costs of achieving emissions reduc4 tions; 

5 (B) any non-air quality health and envi6 ronmental impact and energy requirements of 

7 the standards and requirements; 

8 (C) the feasibility of implementing the 

9 standards and requirements, including the time 

10 needed to— 

11 (i) obtain necessary permit approvals; 

12 and 

13 (ii) procure, install, and test control 

14 equipment; 

15 (D) the availability of equipment, suppliers, 

16 and labor, given the requirements of the regula17 tion and other proposed or finalized regulations 

18 of the Environmental Protection Agency; and 

19 (E) potential net employment impacts. 

20 (b) NEW SOURCES.—The date on which the Adminis21 trator proposes a regulation pursuant to section 2(a)(1) es22 tablishing an emission standard under section 112 or 129 

23 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412, 7429) shall be treated 

24 as the date on which the Administrator first proposes such 

25 a regulation for purposes of applying the definition of a 


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1 new source under section 112(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 7412(a)(4)) or the definition of a new solid waste inciner3 ation unit under section 129(g)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 7429(g)(2)). 

5 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

6 shall be construed to restrict or otherwise affect the provi7 sions of paragraphs (3)(B) and (4) of section 112(i) of the 

8 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(i)). 

9 SEC. 4. ENERGY RECOVERY AND CONSERVATION. 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and to 

11 ensure the recovery and conservation of energy consistent 

12 with the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 

13 commonly referred to as the ‘‘Resource Conservation and 

14 Recovery Act’’), in promulgating rules under section 2(a) 

15 addressing the subject matter of the rules specified in para16 graphs (3) and (4) of section 2(b), the Administrator— 

17 (1) shall adopt the definitions of the terms ‘‘com18 mercial and industrial solid waste incineration 

19 unit’’, ‘‘commercial and industrial waste’’, and ‘‘con20 tained gaseous material’’ in the rule entitled ‘‘Stand21 ards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and 

22 Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commer23 cial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units’’, 

24 published at 65 Fed. Reg. 75338 (December 1, 2000); 

25 and 


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1 (2) shall identify non-hazardous secondary mate2 rial to be solid waste only if— 

3 (A) the material meets such definition of 

4 commercial and industrial waste; or 

5 (B) if the material is a gas, it meets such 

6 definition of contained gaseous material. 

7 SEC. 5. OTHER PROVISIONS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS ACHIEVABLE IN

9 PRACTICE.—In promulgating rules under section 2(a), the 

10 Administrator shall ensure that emissions standards for ex11 isting and new sources established under section 112 or 129 

12 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412, 7429), as applicable, 

13 can be met under actual operating conditions consistently 

14 and concurrently with emission standards for all other air 

15 pollutants regulated by the rule for the source category, tak16 ing into account variability in actual source performance, 

17 source design, fuels, inputs, controls, ability to measure the 

18 pollutant emissions, and operating conditions. 

19 (b) REGULATORY ALTERNATIVES.—For each regula20 tion promulgated pursuant to section 2(a), from among the 

21 range of regulatory alternatives authorized under the Clean 

22 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) including work practice 

23 standards under section 112(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 tive Order 13563 published at 76 Fed. Reg. 3821 (January 

2 21, 2011). 


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Union Calendar No. 146 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 

[Report No. 112–225] 

A BILL 

To provide additional time for the Administrator of 

cinerators, and for other purposes. and institutional boilers, process heaters, and inachievable standards for industrial, commercial, the Environmental Protection Agency to issue 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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