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mize data collection, sharing and integration, and to mini-
mize duplication by— 
(1) consulting with coastal managers and deci-
sion-makers concerning coastal issues, and sharing 
information and best practices, as the Administrator 
considers appropriate, with— 
(A) coastal States; 
(B) local and Tribal governments; and 
(C) representatives of academia, the pri-
vate sector, and nongovernmental organizations; 
(2) consulting with other Federal agencies, in-
cluding interagency committees, on relevant Federal 
activities, including activities carried out under the 
Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act (33 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), the Integrated 
Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 
(33 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and the Hydrographic 
Services Improvement Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892 
et seq.); 
(3) participating, pursuant to section 216 of the 
E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 
44 U.S.C. 3501 note), in the establishment of such 
standards and common protocols as the Adminis-
trator considers necessary to assure the interoper-
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ability of remote sensing and other geospatial data 
with all users of such information within— 
(A) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; 
(B) other Federal agencies; 
(C) State, Tribal, and local governments; 
and 
(D) the private sector; 
(4) coordinating with, seeking assistance and 
cooperation of, and providing liaison to the Federal 
Geographic Data Committee pursuant to Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–16 and Execu-
tive Order No. 12906 of April 11, 1994 (59 Fed. 
Reg. 17671), as amended by Executive Order No. 
13286 of February 28, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 10619); 
and 
(5) developing and maintaining a best practices 
document that sets out the best practices used by 
the Administrator in carrying out the program and 
providing such document to the United States Geo-
logical Survey, the Corps of Engineers, and other 
relevant Federal agencies. 
(d) FILLING NEEDS AND GAPS.—In carrying out the 
program, the Administrator shall— 
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(1) maximize the use of remote sensing and 
other geospatial data collection activities conducted 
for other purposes and under other authorities; 
(2) focus on filling data needs and gaps nec-
essary to improve coastal management, increase re-
silience, and enhance decision making for coastal 
communities, including with respect to areas that, as 
of the date of enactment of this Act, were under-
served by coastal data and the areas of the Arctic 
that are under the jurisdiction of the United States; 
(3) pursuant to the Ocean and Coastal Map-
ping Integration Act (33 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), sup-
port continued improvement in existing efforts to co-
ordinate the acquisition and integration of key data 
sets needed for coastal management and other pur-
poses, including— 
(A) coastal elevation data; 
(B) land use and land cover data; 
(C) socioeconomic and human use data; 
(D) critical infrastructure data; 
(E) structures data; 
(F) living resources and habitat data; 
(G) cadastral data; and 
(H) aerial imagery; and 
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(4) integrate the priority supporting data set 
forth under paragraph (3) with other available data 
for the benefit of the broadest measure of coastal re-
source management constituents and applications. 
(e) FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program, 
the Administrator— 
(A) may enter into financial agreements to 
carry out the program, including— 
(i) support to non-Federal entities 
that participate in implementing the pro-
gram; and 
(ii) grants, cooperative agreements, 
interagency agreements, contracts, or any 
other agreement on a reimbursable or non- 
reimbursable basis, with other Federal, 
Tribal, State, and local governmental and 
nongovernmental entities; and 
(B) may, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, enter into such contracts with private 
sector entities for such products and services as 
the Administrator determines may be necessary 
to collect, process, and provide remote sensing 
and other geospatial data and products for pur-
poses of the program. 
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(2) FEES.— 
(A) ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.—The 
Administrator may assess and collect fees to 
conduct any planned training, workshop, or 
conference that advances the purposes of the 
program. 
(B) AMOUNTS.—The amount of a fee 
under this paragraph may not exceed the sum 
of costs incurred, or expected to be incurred, by 
the Administrator as a direct result of the con-
duct of the training, workshop, or conference, 
including for subsistence expenses incidental to 
the training, workshop, or conference, as appli-
cable. 
(C) USE OF FEES.—Amounts collected by 
the Administrator in the form of fees under this 
paragraph may be used to pay for— 
(i) the costs incurred for conducting 
an activity described in subparagraph (A); 
or 
(ii) the expenses described in subpara-
graph (B). 
(3) SURVEY AND MAPPING.—Contracts entered 
into under paragraph (1)(B) shall be considered 
‘‘surveying and mapping’’ services as such term is 
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used in and as such contracts are awarded by the 
Administrator in accordance with the selection pro-
cedures in chapter 11 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
(f) OCEAN ECONOMY.—The Administrator may es-
tablish publicly available tools that track ocean and Great 
Lakes economy data for each coastal State. 
Subtitle D—Integrated Coastal and 
Ocean Observation System 
SEC. 1241. STAGGERED TERMS FOR NATIONAL INTE-
GRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION 
SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
Section 12304(d)(3)(B) of the Integrated Coastal 
and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 
3603(d)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Members’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), members’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) STAGGERED
TERMS.—The Ad-
ministrator may appoint or reappoint a 
member for a partial term of 1 or 2 years 
in order to establish a system of staggered 
terms. The Administrator may appoint or 
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reappoint a member under this clause only 
once. A member appointed or reappointed 
to a partial term under this clause may not 
serve more than 1 full term.’’. 
SEC. 1242. INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVA-
TION SYSTEM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 
Section 12305(a) of the Integrated Coastal and 
Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 
3604(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘disburse appropriated 
funds to,’’ after ‘‘agreements, with,’’. 
SEC. 1243. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTEGRATED COASTAL 
AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM ACT OF 
2009. 
Section 12311 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3610) is 
amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 
such sums as are necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘$47,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025’’. 
SEC. 1244. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY– 
OCEANS. 
(a) AGREEMENT.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator 
shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct the comprehensive assess-
ment under subsection (b). 
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(b) COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Under an agreement be-
tween the Administrator and the National Academy 
of Sciences under this section, the National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall conduct a comprehensive as-
sessment of the need for and feasibility of estab-
lishing an Advanced Research Projects Agency– 
Oceans (ARPA–O). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive assess-
ment carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) shall in-
clude— 
(A) an assessment of how an ARPA–O 
could help overcome the long-term and high-risk 
technological barriers in the development of 
ocean technologies, with the goal of enhancing 
the economic, ecological, and national security 
of the United States through the rapid develop-
ment of technologies that result in— 
(i) improved data collection, moni-
toring, and prediction of the ocean environ-
ment, including sea ice conditions; 
(ii) overcoming barriers to the appli-
cation of new and improved technologies, 
such as high costs and scale of operational 
missions; 
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(iii) improved management practices 
for protecting ecological sustainability; 
(iv) improved national security capac-
ity; 
(v) improved technology for fishery 
population assessments; 
(vi) expedited processes between and 
among Federal agencies to successfully 
identify, transition, and coordinate re-
search and development output to oper-
ations, applications, commercialization, and 
other uses; and 
(vii) ensuring that the United States 
maintains a technological lead in devel-
oping and deploying advanced ocean tech-
nologies; 
(B) an evaluation of the organizational 
structures under which an ARPA–O could be 
organized, which takes into account— 
(i) best practices for new research 
programs; 
(ii) metrics and approaches for peri-
odic program evaluation; 
(iii) capacity to fund and manage ex-
ternal research awards; and 
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(iv) options for oversight of the activ-
ity through a Federal agency, an inter-
agency organization, nongovernmental or-
ganization, or other institutional arrange-
ment; and 
(C) an estimation of the scale of invest-
ment necessary to pursue high priority ocean 
technology projects. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report on the comprehensive assess-
ment conducted under subsection (b). 
Subtitle E—Centralized Website for 
Resiliency Grants 
SEC. 
1251. 
CENTRALIZED 
WEBSITE 
FOR 
RESILIENCY 
GRANTS. 
(a) CENTRALIZED WEBSITE.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Administrator shall maintain a publicly available website 
that includes— 
(1) hyperlinks to all grants administered by the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and hyperlinks to other Federal agencies that offer 
similar grants to assist States and local communities 
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with resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation of climate 
change and sea level rise; and 
(2) with respect to each such grant, the contact 
information for an individual who can offer assist-
ance to States and local government. 
(b) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall conduct 
outreach activities to inform State, Tribal, and local gov-
ernments of the resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation 
grants. 
TITLE XIII—WETLANDS 
Subtitle A—Coastal Wetlands 
SEC. 1301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COASTAL
WETLAND.—The term ‘‘coastal 
wetland’’ means estuarine vegetated coastal habitat, 
including salt marsh, seagrass, mangrove, and other 
vegetated marine habitats. 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(3) NATURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘‘natural 
infrastructure’’ 
means 
infrastructure 
that— 
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(A) uses, restores, or emulates natural eco-
logical processes; and 
(B)(i) is created through the action of nat-
ural physical, geological, biological, and chem-
ical processes over time; 
(ii) is created by human design, engineer-
ing, and construction to emulate or act in con-
cert with natural processes; or 
(iii) involves the use of plants, soils, and 
other natural features, including through the 
creation, restoration, or preservation of vege-
tated areas using materials appropriate to the 
region to manage stormwater and runoff, to at-
tenuate flooding and storm surges, and for 
other related purposes. 
(4) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under sec-
tion 501(a) of such Code. 
(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program 
as established by section 1302. 
(6) RESTORATION.—The term ‘‘restoration’’ 
means renewing, enhancing, or replacing degraded, 
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SEC. 1302. COASTAL AND ESTUARY RESILIENCE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Coastal and Estu-
ary Resilience Grant Program’’, under which the Sec-
retary awards grants to entities that are eligible under 
subsection (b) to fund coastal wetland restoration and nat-
ural infrastructure projects that are eligible under sub-
section (c). 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity is eligible to 
apply for a grant under the Program if the entity is an 
institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, 
a State or local government, or an Indian Tribe. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A project is eligible for a 
grant under the Program if the project is designed to— 
(1) reduce net greenhouse gases through— 
(A) the long-term sequestration of addi-
tional carbon dioxide through— 
(i) the active restoration of degraded 
coastal wetland; and 
(ii) the protection of threatened coast-
al wetland; 
(B) the halting of ongoing carbon dioxide 
emissions, and the resumption of the natural 
rate of carbon capture, through the restoration 
of drained coastal wetland; or 
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(C) the halting of ongoing methane emis-
sions, and the resumption of the natural rate of 
carbon storage, through the restoration of for-
merly tidal wetland that has lost tidal 
connectivity and become fresh wetland (com-
monly known as ‘‘impounded wetland’’); or 
(2) provide for ecosystem adaptation to the ef-
fects of sea level rise and other climate effects 
through— 
(A) facilitating landward migration of wet-
lands in response to rising sea levels; or 
(B) enhancing ecosystem resilience to 
flooding, ocean acidification, or coastal storms. 
(d) GRANT EVALUATION CRITERIA.—In reviewing 
applications for grants under the Program, the Adminis-
trator shall give priority to projects that exhibit the high-
est potential to— 
(1) mitigate greenhouse gas emissions long- 
term by— 
(A) reducing greenhouse gas emissions; or 
(B) capturing and storing greenhouse 
gases; 
(2) reinforce ecosystem resilience and adapta-
tion by— 
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(A) preparing for sea level rise in order to 
reduce vulnerability to sea level rise and ero-
sion; 
(B) supporting resilience against flooding 
and sea level rise; or 
(C) restoring or enhancing ecosystem func-
tion; or 
(3) provide economic and social co-benefits by— 
(A) reducing the potential impact and 
damage of storms on the built environment; 
(B) advancing environmental justice by re-
ducing the disproportionate impacts of environ-
mental hazards on communities of color, Indige-
nous communities, and low-income commu-
nities; 
(C) providing jobs in coastal communities; 
(D) prioritizing natural infrastructure; 
(E) incorporating collaborative partner-
ships; or 
(F) involving local communities in project 
planning and implementation. 
(e) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—A grant awarded under the 
Program shall be available for all phases of the develop-
ment, implementation, and monitoring of projects that are 
eligible under subsection (c), including— 
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(1) preliminary community engagement, plan-
ning, and prioritization; 
(2) preliminary design and site assessment, in-
cluding— 
(A) assessments of feasibility; 
(B) planning; and 
(C) community engagement; 
(3) final design and permitting; 
(4) restoration and project implementation; and 
(5) monitoring, reporting, and stewardship. 
(f) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—An entity that receives a 
grant under the Program for a project shall— 
(A) collect data on the development and 
implementation of the project and stewardship 
following completion of the project; and 
(B) submit that data to the Administrator 
for inclusion in the database required by section 
1303(a). 
(2) REPORT AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION.— 
Not later than 1 year after the completion of a 
project for which a grant is provided under the Pro-
gram, the entity that received the grant shall submit 
to the Administrator a report on the outputs, out-
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comes, and impacts of the project, including with re-
spect to— 
(A) the amount of area restored; 
(B) the estimated net climate benefit; 
(C) benefits to nearby communities; and 
(D) involvement of partners and commu-
nities. 
(g) MONITORING.—The Administrator shall establish 
guidelines providing for monitoring a project for which a 
grant is provided under the Program for the 10-year pe-
riod after the grant is awarded. 
(h) ROLE OF NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUN-
DATION.—In carrying out the Program, the Administrator 
may consult, partner, or otherwise coordinate with the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation established by section 
2(a) of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Estab-
lishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701(a)). 
SEC. 1303. DATA COLLECTION. 
(a) DATABASE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
maintain a coastal wetland restoration database to 
collect information about projects that receive grants 
under the Program. 
(2) DESIGN.—The Administrator shall design 
the database required by paragraph (1) to collect 
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performance metrics on the development and imple-
mentation of projects that receive grants under the 
Program and stewardship following completion of 
such projects to evaluate the success of those 
projects and inform the design of future projects in 
an adaptive manner. 
(3) INCLUDED
METRICS.—The database re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include standardized 
metrics for reporting such as— 
(A) acres restored, protected, or created; 
(B) habitat type; 
(C) restoration technique; 
(D) estimated net greenhouse gas reduc-
tion effect; 
(E) jobs created; 
(F) quantified ecosystem services; 
(G) the economic benefits of wetlands; and 
(H) other metrics selected by the Adminis-
trator. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator 
shall make products of the database publicly avail-
able and disseminate important findings to the pub-
lic. 
(b) INVENTORY OF COASTAL WETLAND.—The Ad-
ministrator shall compile an inventory of coastal wetland. 
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SEC. 1304. OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
The Administrator shall establish a technical assist-
ance program to help entities outside of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration in all phases of 
coastal wetland restoration project work, including out-
reach to potential applicants for grants under section 
1302. 
SEC. 1305. ANNUAL RESTORATION AND FUNDING. 
(a) ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS.—To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, the Secretary of Commerce shall award 
grants under the Program to conduct coastal wetland res-
toration on 1,500,000 acres over 10 years. 
(b) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2021–2025, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 to re-
main available until expended for the Administrator to 
carry out this subtitle. 
SEC. 1306. PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT. 
Any contractor or subcontractor entering into a serv-
ice contract in connection with a project under the Pro-
gram shall— 
(1) be treated as a Federal contractor or sub-
contractor for purposes of chapter 67 of title 41, 
United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘McNamara-O’Hara 
Service 
Contract 
Act 
of 
1965’’); and 
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(2) pay each class of employee employed by the 
contractor or subcontractor wages and fringe bene-
fits at rates in accordance with prevailing rates for 
the class in the locality, or, where a collective-bar-
gaining agreement covers the employee, in accord-
ance with the rates provided for in the agreement, 
including prospective wage increases provided for in 
the agreement. 
SEC. 1307. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR COASTAL WET-
LAND RESTORATION; FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
conduct coastal wetland restoration on land managed by 
the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice or the Director of the National Park Service to achieve 
at least 1 of the following: 
(1) The sequestration of additional carbon diox-
ide through— 
(A) the active restoration of degraded 
coastal wetland; and 
(B) the protection of threatened coastal 
wetland. 
(2) The halting of ongoing carbon dioxide emis-
sions, and the resumption of the natural rate of car-
bon capture, through the restoration of drained 
coastal wetland. 
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(3) The halting of ongoing methane emissions, 
and the resumption of the natural rate of carbon 
storage, through the restoration of formerly tidal 
wetland that has lost tidal connectivity and become 
fresh wetland (commonly known as ‘‘impounded wet-
land’’). 
(b) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, there is 
authorized to be appropriated— 
(A) for coastal wetland restoration on land 
managed by the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service $200,000,000; and 
(B) for coastal wetland restoration on land 
managed by the Director of the National Park 
Service $200,000,000. 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall be entitled to receive, 
shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section 
in accordance with paragraph (1) the funds trans-
ferred under that paragraph, without further appro-
priation. 
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TITLE XIV—MEASURES TO AD-
DRESS 
GREENHOUSE 
GAS 
POLLUTION FROM SHIPPING 
VESSELS 
SEC. 1401. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM SHIPPING. 
(a) APPLICATION.—The monitoring, reporting, and 
verification requirements of this section shall apply to all 
vessels of 5,000 gross tons or more calling at, leaving, or 
transiting between, or at berth at, ports in the United 
States, regardless of flag. 
(b) VESSEL REPORTING.—A vessel shall measure and 
monitor on a per-voyage basis, and report to the Adminis-
trator and to the vessel’s flag-State on an annual basis, 
the following metrics: 
(1) Total CO2 emitted by the vessel inside the 
United States exclusive economic zone. 
(2) Average CO2 emissions per transport work, 
defined as gCO2/tonne-nautical mile, and average 
CO2 emissions per distance, defined as gCO2/nau-
tical-mile. 
(c) ACCEPTABLE METHODS FOR MEASURING, MONI-
TORING, AND REPORTING.— 
(1) The Secretary shall develop a list of accept-
able methods for measuring, monitoring, and report-
ing metrics listed in subsection (b). 
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(2) The Secretary, to the maximum extent 
practicable, shall ensure consistency of such methods 
with similar reporting schemes developed by the Eu-
ropean Union and the International Maritime Orga-
nization to reduce any duplicative burden on ship-
pers. 
(3) Acceptable methods included in the list 
could include the following: 
(A) Bunker Delivery Note (BDN) and 
periodic stocktakes of fuel tanks. 
(B) Bunker fuel tank monitoring on board. 
(C) Flowmeters for applicable combustion 
processes. 
(D) Direct CO2 emissions measurements. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT
BY SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary shall publish an annual report on emissions from 
vessels covered under this section, accompanied by an ex-
planation intended to facilitate public understanding of 
the vessel shipping sector’s CO2 emissions and energy effi-
ciency. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—Before promulgation of regula-
tions under this section, reports issued under this section 
shall be reviewed to ensure that regulatory changes will 
not create the risk of increased CO2 emissions. 
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