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This bill authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive certain requirements under the Clean Air Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act for critical energy resource facilities. The key provisions are: 1. The EPA Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, can issue temporary waivers of Clean Air Act requirements for critical energy resource facilities if the processing or refining of a critical energy resource is necessary to meet the national security or energy security needs of the United States. These waivers can be renewed for up to 90 days at a time. 2. The bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow the EPA Administrator to issue temporary waivers of certain hazardous waste management requirements for critical energy resource facilities in similar situations. These waivers can also be renewed for up to 90 days. The bill defines "critical energy resource" as an energy resource that is essential to the U.S. energy sector and has a vulnerable supply chain, and "critical energy resource facility" as a facility that processes or refines such a critical energy resource. The aim is to provide the EPA Administrator with the authority to temporarily waive certain environmental requirements to ensure the processing and refining of critical energy resources necessary for national or energy security.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1140/all-info