S 1392 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011

Latest action · Jul 20, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 20, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2011 to Dec 15, 2011; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNLamar AlexanderOriginalJul 20, 2011
D-ARMark L. PryorOriginalJul 20, 2011
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalJul 20, 2011
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyOriginalJul 20, 2011
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJul 20, 2011
R-TNBob CorkerJul 21, 2011
R-LADavid VitterJul 21, 2011
D-VAJim WebbJul 21, 2011
R-GAJohnny IsaksonJul 21, 2011
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyJul 21, 2011
R-MORoy BluntJul 21, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissJul 21, 2011
R-IDJames E. RischJul 25, 2011
R-AKLisa MurkowskiJul 25, 2011
D-FLBill NelsonJul 27, 2011

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateEnvironment and Public Works Committee
Referred Jul 20, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 20, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4724-4725)
  3. Jul 20, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S7634Mitch McConnell R-KYNov 17, 2011
SenateDebate and remarks S4724–S4727Ron Wyden D-OR, Susan M. Collins R-MEJul 20, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 112-49EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB CREATION94 pagesEducation and Workforce CommitteeFeb 1, 2012

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R41459EPA’s Boiler MACT: Controlling Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants ArchivedReportJan 30, 2013
R41563Clean Air Issues in the 112th Congress ArchivedReportDec 31, 2012

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1786Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011Related billNov 3, 2011
S 1960Jobs Creation ActRelated billDec 7, 2011
S 1971Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy Act of 2011Related billDec 8, 2011
HR 2250EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011Related billOct 18, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2011Introduced in Senate

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