A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-1284
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2015-05-11
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Forests, forestry, trees
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency, when taking an action regarding air emissions from an energy source or facility that uses forest biomass, to assume that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon accumulations in the atmosphere if: (1) a Department of Agriculture's Forest Inventory and Analysis that is current at the time the action is taken shows that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing; or (2) the forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1284 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 11, 2015 Mr. King introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.

1. Carbon emissions from forest biomass In taking an action regarding air emissions from an energy source or facility that uses forest biomass, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall assume that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon accumulations in the atmosphere if— (1) a Forest Inventory and Analysis of the Department of Agriculture that is current at the time the action is taken shows that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing; or (2) the forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.