Clean Air Act (CAA)
H.R. 8773
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8773
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
LaMalfa
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Cal.
Issue
11
Volume
52
Update Issue
25
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H7738

would amend the CAA to repeal the waiver authority allowing California to enforce certain standards relating to federally regulated motor vehicle emissions.

H.R. 8395
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8395
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Ocasio-Cortez
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.Y.
Issue
9
Volume
52
Update Issue
21
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H6679

would amend the CAA to allow the Administrator of EPA, in identifying the best system of emission reduction for purposes of a standard of performance, to include measures that apply beyond an individual stationary source or category of stationary sources.

H.R. 8336
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8336
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Lowenthal
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
9
Volume
52
Update Issue
20
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H5974

would amend the CAA to provide for the establishment of standards to limit the carbon intensity of the fuel used by certain vessels.

H.R. 7142
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7142
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Stevens
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mich.
Issue
5
Volume
52
Update Issue
9
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H3827

would direct the Administrator of EPA to issue a final rule adding as a class all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom to the list of hazardous air pollutants under §112(b) of the CAA.

H.R. 6168
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6168
Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs
Sponsor Name
Schakowsky
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ill.
Issue
2
Volume
52
Update Issue
35
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H7261

would amend the CAA to prohibit the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from any new electric utility steam generating unit.

H.R. 5991
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5991
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Arrington
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Tex.
Issue
1
Volume
52
Update Issue
34
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H6368

would direct the Administrator of EPA to ensure the completion of a marginal well study by the Secretary of Energy so as to inform the development of certain rules under the CAA.

Rebutting Administrator Wheeler's Denial of a NAAQS for Greenhouse Gases
Author
Eric Laschever
Author Bios (long)

Eric Laschever is an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. His solo legal practice focuses on climate and ocean change issues.

Date
November 2021
Volume
51
Issue
11
Page
10923
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

In 2009, when carbon dioxide (CO2) levels were at 387.43 parts per million, the Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org submitted a citizen petition calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take steps necessary to institute a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under §§108-110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). For 12 years, the petition was simply ignored. Then, the day President Donald Trump left office, outgoing EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler issued a letter denying the petition. Six weeks later, Acting Administrator Jane Nishida reversed the denial, and the petition remains pending. This Comment addresses the flaws in the denial’s legal and factual reasoning; outlines the technological, scientific, and policy advancements made in the 12 years since the petition was submitted; demonstrates why a GHG NAAQS, particularly one focused on CO2, meets the statute’s purpose and programmatic specifics; and presents a 2021 take on climate change policy that explains why a CO2 NAAQS is an essential and mandatory tool in the CAA toolbox for accomplishing the Biden Administration’s climate agenda.

S. 2736
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Burr
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-N.C.
Issue
11
Volume
51
Update Issue
26
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. S6497

would exclude vehicles to be used solely for competition from certain provisions of the CAA.

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