Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".

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Bill Number

HJRES 68

Introduced

Sep 29, 2015

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Electric power generation and transmission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures

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Summary

Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that establishes new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (EGUs) if the EGUs are newly constructed, modified, or reconstructed. (Those EGUs convert fossil fuel energy to electric energy.)

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Oct 2, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Sep 29, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 29, 2015

Introduced in House

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