A bill to allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances.

Bill: 113-s-1988
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2014-02-04
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Electric power generation and transmission

Energy prices

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Allows a state to permanently waive any regulation relating to electric generating units promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act if the state's governor certifies that the units are necessary for reasons of power reliability and affordability.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1988 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 4, 2014 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To allow States to waive regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act relating to electric generating units under certain circumstances.

1. Waiver of certain regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State may permanently waive any regulation relating to electric generating units promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) if the Governor of the State certifies that the electric generating units are necessary for reasons of power reliability and affordability.