Bill > S1392

Introduced Session

EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 - Provides that the following rules shall have no force or effect and shall be treated as though they had never taken effect: (1) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (2) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (3) the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; and (4) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That are Solid Waste. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in place of such rules, to promulgate within 15 months regulations for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units subject to such rules, that: (1) establish maximum achievable control technology standards, performance standards, and other requirements for hazardous air pollutants or solid waste combustion under the Clean Air Act; and (2) identify non-hazardous secondary materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units of such boilers, heaters, or incinerator units, are solid waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for purposes of determining the extent to which such combustion units are required to meet emission standards for such pollutants under such Act. Requires the Administrator to establish compliance dates for such standards and requirements after considering compliance costs, non-air quality health and environmental impacts and energy requirements, the feasibility of implementation, the availability of equipment, suppliers, and labor, and potential net employment impacts. Sets forth guidelines for such rules and regulations, including requiring the Administrator to: (1) ensure that emissions standards for existing and new sources can be met under actual operating conditions consistently and concurrently with emission standards for all other air pollutants regulated by the rule for the source category; and (2) impose the least burdensome regulatory alternative for each regulation promulgated. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of nonhazardous secondary materials that are not solid waste when combusted in units designed for energy recovery. Specifies material to be included in such list.

Committee Categories

Lamar Alexander (R),  John Barrasso (R),  Mark Begich (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  John Boozman (R),  Richard Burr (R),  Saxby Chambliss (R),  Daniel Coats (R),  Thad Cochran (R),  Susan Collins (R),  Bob Corker (R),  John Cornyn (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Michael Enzi (R),  Lindsey Graham (R),  Kay Hagan (D),  Orrin Hatch (R),  John Hoeven (R),  Kay Hutchison (R),  Johnny Isakson (R),  Mike Johanns (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Mark Kirk (R),  Herb Kohl (D),  Mary Landrieu (D),  Joe Manchin (I),  Claire McCaskill (D),  Barbara Mikulski (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Bill Nelson (D),  E. Benjamin Nelson (D),  Rob Portman (R),  Mark Pryor (D),  Jim Risch (R),  Jeff Sessions (R),  Richard Shelby (R),  Pat Toomey (R),  David Vitter (R),  Jim Webb (D),  Roger Wicker (R),  Ron Wyden (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (on 07/20/2011)

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