To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes.

Subjects: Environmental Protection, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Air quality, Energy storage, supplies, demand, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental regulatory procedures, Industrial facilities, Licensing and registrations

Summary:  <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its Title V operating permit regulations under the Clean Air Act. Such permits set forth compliance requirements related to air pollution for certain facilities (i.e., sources).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the EPA to revise regulations to authorize the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility to utilize flexible air permitting, as described in the final rule titled <i>Operating Permit Programs; Flexible Air Permitting Rule</i> published on October 6, 2009. The bill also requires the regulations to facilitate flexible, market-responsive operations (as described in the final rule) with respect to critical energy resource facilities.</p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1131 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1131

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain 
      critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Allen) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain 
      critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FLEXIBLE AIR PERMITS FOR CRITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall, as necessary, revise regulations under parts 70 and 71 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to--
            (1) authorize the owner or operator of a critical energy 
        resource facility to utilize flexible air permitting (as 
        described in the final rule titled ``Operating Permit Programs; 
        Flexible Air Permitting Rule'' published by the Environmental 
        Protection Agency in the Federal Register on October 6, 2009 
        (74 Fed. Reg. 51418)) with respect to such critical energy 
        resource facility; and
            (2) facilitate flexible, market-responsive operations (as 
        described in the final rule identified in paragraph (1)) with 
        respect to critical energy resource facilities.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Critical energy resource.--The term ``critical energy 
        resource'' means, as determined by the Secretary of Energy, any 
        energy resource--
                    (A) that is essential to the energy sector and 
                energy systems of the United States; and
                    (B) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 
                disruption.
            (2) Critical energy resource facility.--The term ``critical 
        energy resource facility'' means a facility that processes or 
        refines a critical energy resource.
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