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Clean Power Plant Act of 1999

Introduced: September 30, 1999 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 4, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8776)

Oct 25, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

Oct 20, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.

Oct 20, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

Oct 13, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Oct 1, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation.

Sep 30, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Banking and Financial Services, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sep 30, 1999

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9178-9179)

Sep 30, 1999

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clean Power Plant Act of 1999 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require specified emissions limitations on mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units with a nameplate capacity of at least 15 megawatts that use a combustion device primarily to generate electricity for sale.

Requires quarterly pollutant-specific emission reports for such pollutants and for carbon dioxide (CO2) by unit owners or operators. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish facility-specific emission data.

Requires regulations for disclosure of data concerning emissions levels.

Directs the Administrator to calculate a generation performance standard for CO2 from covered fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and allocate allowances among such units.

Authorizes the carryover and trading of unused allowances and requires surrender to the Administrator of a number of CO2 allowances equal to the total tonnage emitted during the calendar year. Permits the performance standard to be exceeded if the plant has sufficient emissions credits. Imposes an excess emissions penalty and requires units to offset such emissions.

Requires regulations concerning transfer of hazards associated with combustion from one medium to another and release of hazardous wastes into the environment.

Expresses the sense of Congress concerning crediting permanent CO2 and NOx emissions reductions to the utility sector in any enacted climate change implementation program.

Authorizes appropriations for industry and community assistance and development of a carbon sequestration strategy.

Requires grants to municipalities in which there are located fossil fuel-fired electric generating units that: (1) provide 20 percent or more of the municipality's annual property tax revenue in the last fiscal year ending before this Act's enactment; and (2) cease operation after this Act's enactment.

Includes hazardous air pollutants from electric utility steam generating units on a list of such pollutants from major and area sources required under the Clean Air Act.

What's happening now October 4, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8776)

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