CLOSE Act

Bill: 117-hr-2302
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-01
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Oil and gas

Pipelines
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals exemptions from the Clean Air Act under which (1) emissions from oil and gas wells and pipeline facilities are excluded from aggregation with emissions from other similar units for purposes of determining major sources, and (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) excludes oil and gas production wells from being listed as area sources.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and revising such list to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2302 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2021 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Barragán , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Morelle , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Norton , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Welch , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Nadler , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Jones , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Sires , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Bonamici , and Mr. Huffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act . 2. Repeal of exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources Section 112(n) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(n) ) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 3. Hydrogen sulfide as a hazardous air pollutant The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall— (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(b) ); and (2) not later than 365 days after a final rule under paragraph (1) is issued, revise the list under section 112(c) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(c) ) to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.