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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1256
To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 27, 2001
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr.
MCNULTY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. JONES of Ohio,
Ms. RIVERS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. MCKIN-
NEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mr. WU, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. OLVER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GILCHREST, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. KENNEDY of
Rhode Island, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GILMAN,
Mr. INSLEE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mrs. MALONEY of New York,
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. CARSON of Indi-
ana, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. LEE, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FIL-
NER, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. SABO, Mr.
WEXLER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SAXTON, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from
electric powerplants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Smokestacks
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM POWERPLANTS.
Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 132. REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM POWER-
PLANTS.
‘‘(a) EMISSION REDUCTION OBJECTIVES.—The emis-
sion reduction objectives of this section are to reduce, not
later than January 1, 2007:
‘‘(1) aggregate sulfur dioxide emissions from
powerplants by 75 percent from the levels allowed
under full implementation of the phase II sulfur di-
oxide requirements under title IV (relating to acid
deposition control);
‘‘(2) aggregate nitrogen oxide emissions from
powerplants by 75 percent from 1997 levels;
‘‘(3) aggregate carbon dioxide emissions from
powerplants to the level of carbon dioxide emissions
from powerplants in 1990; and
‘‘(4) aggregate mercury emissions from power-
plants by 90 percent from the 1999 levels.
‘‘(b) AGENCY ACTION.—
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this section, the
Administrator shall promulgate regulations to
achieve the emission reduction objectives speci-
fied in subsection (a).
‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The regulations pro-
mulgated under subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) shall achieve the objectives in a
manner that the Administrator determines
will allocate required emission reductions
equitably, taking into account emission re-
ductions achieved before the date of enact-
ment of this section and other relevant fac-
tors;
‘‘(ii) may include, except in the case
of mercury, market-oriented mechanisms
(such as emissions trading based on gen-
eration performance standards, auctions,
or other allocation methods);
‘‘(iii) shall prevent localized adverse
effects on public health and the environ-
ment and ensure that significant emission
reductions are achieved in both the East-
ern and Western regions of the United
States;
‘‘(iv) shall ensure that any captured
or recovered mercury is not rereleased into
the environment; and
‘‘(v) shall, include, consistent with
achieving the objectives set forth in sub-
section (a), incentives for renewable en-
ergy.
‘‘(2) INTERAGENCY
COORDINATION
TO
MINI-
MIZE
COSTS
AND
MAXIMIZE
GAINS.—To minimize
the economic costs and maximize the economic gains
of achieving the emission reduction objectives speci-
fied in subsection (a), the Administrator shall co-
ordinate with other departments and agencies of
Federal and State government to increase energy ef-
ficiency, to increase the use of renewable energy, and
to implement cost saving advanced demand and sup-
ply side policies, such as those described in the re-
port prepared by the Interlaboratory Working Group
of the Department of Energy entitled ‘Scenarios for
a Clean Energy Future’, dated November 2000.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS.—The regulations
promulgated under subsection (b) may require additional
reductions in emissions from powerplants if the Adminis-
trator determines that the emission levels necessary to
achieve the emission reduction objectives specified in sub-
section (a) are not reasonably anticipated to protect public
health or welfare.
‘‘(d) MODERNIZATION
OF
OUTDATED
POWER-
PLANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On the later of the date
that is 30 years after a powerplant commenced oper-
ation or the date that is 5 years after the date of
enactment of this section, it shall comply with—
‘‘(A) the most recent new source perform-
ance standards promulgated under section 111;
and
‘‘(B) the requirements under parts C and
D that are applicable to modified sources.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The re-
quirements of this subsection shall be in addition to
the requirements of the regulations promulgated
under subsection (b).
‘‘(e) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of
this section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any
other requirement of this Act.
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘power-
plant’ means an electric generation facility with a name-
plate capacity of 15 megawatts or more that uses a com-
bustion device to generate electricity for sale.’’.
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