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HR 1874 107th Congress House Energy Administrative remedies Air pollution control Air quality California Commerce Economics and Public Finance Electric power Electric power production Emergency Management Energy demand Energy shortages Energy supplies Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governors Industrial pollution

To allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 16, 2001 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
May 16, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 16, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Permits a State Governor, to ensure the individual's or business' economic stability, to authorize any individual or business located in a State experiencing a power emergency on any given day to operate any type of power generation available using any fuel available.

Prohibits additional emissions attributable to generation permitted solely because of such power emergency from being taken into account for purposes of determining the attainment or nonattainment status of an area under the Clean Air Act.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from disapproving the State implementation plan, or promulgating a Federal implementation plan for the State, if the applicable plan for such State would not have been disapproved, and no Federal implementation plan promulgations would have been made, in the absence of such additional emissions.

Prohibits any judicial stay or injunctions against the Administrator or the State of California regarding any additional emissions attributable to electric power generation permitted solely by reason of this Act.

What's happening now June 1, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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