HR 2900
106th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Air quality
Carbon dioxide
Electric power production
Emissions trading
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Mercury
Nitrogen oxides
Standards
Sulphur dioxide
Clean Smokestacks Act of 1999
Introduced: September 21, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 21, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Sep 21, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Clean Smokestacks Act of 1999 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or greater that use a combustion device to generate electricity for sale) by January 1, 2005.
Requires outdated powerplants, on the later of the date 30 years after the powerplant commenced operation or five years after this Act's enactment, to comply with the most recent new source performance standards under CAA provisions regarding air quality and emissions limitations and with specified requirements for modified sources.
Defines an "outdated powerplant" as a powerplant that has been in operation for 30 years or more.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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