Clean Air Act (CAA)
S. 251, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Flake
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ariz.
Issue
4
Volume
43
Update Issue
4
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. S519

would amend the renewable fuel program under §211(o) of CAA to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production.

H.R. 550, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Harper
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Miss.
Issue
4
Volume
43
Update Issue
4
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H411

would amend the renewable fuel program under §211(o) of CAA to require the cellulosic biofuel requirement to be based on actual production.

H.R. 469, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Oversight and Government Reform
Sponsor Name
Connolly
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Va.
Issue
4
Volume
43
Update Issue
4
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H341

would reduce the heat island effect and associated ground level ozone pollution from federal facilities.

In re Peabody Western Coal Company

The Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (NNEPA), acting with authority delegated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2004 pursuant to EPA regulations at 40 C.F.R. part 71, issued a federal Clean Air Act Title V operating permit to Peabody Western Coal Company (Peabody) governing air emissions from Peabody's mining operation at the Kayenta Complex in Arizona. Peabody appealed NNEPA's issuance of that permit to the Environmental Appeals Board. The petition for review was denied on March 13, 2012, and the permit became final.

H.R. 407, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Ways and Means
Sponsor Name
Serrano
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.Y.
Issue
3
Volume
43
Update Issue
3
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H281

would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a business credit relating to the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act.

H.R. 204, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Owens
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.Y.
Issue
3
Volume
43
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H52

would authorize the administrator of EPA to waive any emission standard or other requirement under §112 ofCAA  (42 U.S.C. 7412) applicable to the control of asbestos emissions in the demolition or renovation of a condemned building for which there is a reasonable expectation of structural failure.

In re City of Palmdale (Palmdale Hybrid Power Project)

Mr. Rob Simpson petitioned the Environmental Appeals Board ("Board") to review a prevention of significant deterioration ("PSD") permit that Region 9 ("Region") of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued to the City of Palmdale ("City") pursuant to the Clean Air Act ("CAA''). The Final Permit authorizes the City to construct and operate the Palmdale Hybrid Power Project ("PHPP") in Palmdale, California.

H.R. 6545, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Sensenbrenner
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Wis.
Issue
12
Volume
42
Update Issue
28
Update Volume
42
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
158 Cong. Rec. H6276

would require the administrator of EPA to use the commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program under CAA.

H.R. 6507, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Cravaack
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Minn.
Issue
12
Volume
42
Update Issue
28
Update Volume
42
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
158 Cong. Rec. H6274

would provide that any SIP submitted under the CAA to address impairment of visibility shall apply for such state until 2022 with respect to emissions from taconite ore processing facilities.

H.R. 6501, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Berg
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-N.D.
Issue
12
Volume
42
Update Issue
28
Update Volume
42
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
158 Cong. Rec. H6274

would prohibit the administrator of EPA from finalizing certain proposed rules under the CAA if a state regulatory authority gives notice that such a rule will lead to a three percent or greater increase in the price of electricity.

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