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Union Calendar No. 384 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1119 
[Report No. 115–514] 
To establish the bases by which the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall issue, implement, and enforce certain emission 
limitations and allocations for existing electric utility steam generating 
units that convert coal refuse into energy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 
Mr. ROTHFUS (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCKINLEY, 
Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
JANUARY 12, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania and Mr. SHUSTER 
JANUARY 12, 2018 
Reported with amendments, 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 February 16, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To establish the bases by which the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall issue, implement, 
and enforce certain emission limitations and allocations 
for existing electric utility steam generating units that 
convert coal refuse into energy. 
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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 ‘‘Satisfying Energy Needs 
and Saving the Environment Act’’ or the ‘‘SENSE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR COAL REFUSE POWER PLANTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) BOILER OPERATING DAY.—The term ‘‘boiler 
operating day’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 63.10042 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any successor regulation. 
(3) COAL
REFUSE.—The term ‘‘coal refuse’’ 
means any byproduct of coal mining, physical coal 
cleaning, or coal preparation operation that contains 
coal, matrix material, clay, and other organic and in-
organic material. 
(4) COAL
REFUSE
ELECTRIC
UTILITY
STEAM 
GENERATING
UNIT.—The term ‘‘coal refuse electric 
utility steam generating unit’’ means an electric util-
ity steam generating unit that— 
(A) is in operation as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
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(B) uses fluidized bed combustion technology 
to convert coal refuse into energy; and 
(C) uses coal refuse as at least 75 percent 
of the annual fuel consumed, by heat input, of 
the unit. 
(5) COAL
REFUSE-FIRED
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘coal refuse-fired facility’’ means all coal refuse elec-
tric utility steam generating units that are— 
(A) located on one or more contiguous or 
adjacent properties; 
(B) specified within the same Major Group 
(2-digit code), as described in the Standard In-
dustrial Classification Manual (1987); and 
(C) under common control of the same per-
son (or persons under common control). 
(6) ELECTRIC
UTILITY
STEAM
GENERATING 
UNIT.—The term ‘‘electric utility steam generating 
unit’’ means an electric utility steam generating unit, 
as such term is defined in section 63.10042 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regula-
tion. 
(b) EMISSION LIMITATIONS TO ADDRESS HYDROGEN 
CHLORIDE
AND SULFUR DIOXIDE
AS HAZARDOUS AIR 
POLLUTANTS.— 
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no more stringent than an emission rate of 
0.002 pounds per million British thermal 
units of heat input. 
(ii) An emission standard for emis-
sions of hydrogen chloride from such unit 
that is no more stringent than an emission 
rate of 0.02 pounds per megawatt-hour. 
(iii) An emission standard for emis-
sions of sulfur dioxide from such unit that 
is no more stringent than an emission rate 
of 0.20 pounds per million British thermal 
units of heat input. 
(iv) An emission standard for emis-
sions of sulfur dioxide from such unit that 
is no more stringent than an emission rate 
of 1.5 pounds per megawatt-hour. 
(v) An emission standard for emissions 
of sulfur dioxide from such unit that is no 
more stringent than capture and control of 
93 percent of sulfur dioxide across the gen-
erating unit or group of generating units, 
as determined by comparing— 
(I) the expected sulfur dioxide 
generated from combustion of fuels 
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emissions calculated based upon as- 
fired fuel samples, to 
(II) the actual sulfur dioxide 
emissions as measured by a sulfur di-
oxide continuous emission monitoring 
system. 
(B) MEASUREMENT.—An emission standard 
described in subparagraph (A) shall be measured 
as a 30 boiler operating day rolling average per 
coal refuse electric utility steam generating unit 
or group of coal refuse electric utility steam gen-
erating units located at a single coal refuse-fired 
facility. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 
the bases by which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall issue, implement, and en-
force certain emission limitations for existing electric util-
ity steam generating units that convert coal refuse into 
energy.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 384 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1119 
[Report No. 115–514] 
A BILL 
To establish the bases by which the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
issue, implement, and enforce certain emission 
limitations and allocations for existing electric 
utility steam generating units that convert coal 
refuse into energy. 
JANUARY 12, 2018 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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