To amend section 111 of the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification.

Bill: 115-hr-3127
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-06-29
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Electric power generation and transmission

Energy efficiency and conservation

Industrial facilities
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the new source review process (requiring stationary sources of air pollution to get approval before construction or modification).</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3127 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2017 Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. McKinley , and Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend section 111 of the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification.

1. Exclusion of energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification Section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7411(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)— (A) by striking The term modification means and inserting the following: The term modification — (A) means ; (B) by striking the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (B) excludes any energy efficiency project, pollution control project, or reliability project. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (9) For purposes of paragraph (4)(B): (A) The term energy efficiency project means any project or activity undertaken at a stationary source (including any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, such source) or any group of projects, activities, or changes undertaken during the same outage period— (i) as a result of which the maximum hourly carbon dioxide emissions rate of the source is lower than it was immediately before such project or activity, or such group of projects, activities, or changes, was undertaken; and (ii) after which the maximum hourly emission rate for any other regulated pollutant is no more than either the facility-wide or unit-specific permitted emission rate. (B) The term pollution control project means any project or activity undertaken at a stationary source (including any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, such source) or any group of projects, activities, or changes undertaken during the same outage period, that is undertaken to reduce the emission of any pollutant. (C) The term reliability project means any project or activity undertaken at a stationary source (including any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, such source) or any group of projects, activities, or changes undertaken during the same outage period, that improves the ability of the electric system— (i) to supply the aggregate electric power and energy requirements of the electricity consumers at all times, taking into account scheduled and reasonably expected unscheduled outages of system components; and (ii) to withstand sudden disturbances such as electric short circuits, the unanticipated loss of system components, or disturbances caused by manmade physical or cyber attacks. .