HR 203
108th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Acid rain
Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Auctions
Chesapeake Bay
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Ecosystem management
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Emissions trading
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Great Lakes
Acid Rain Control Act
Introduced: January 7, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Jan 7, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Acid Rain Control Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to require further reductions in total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by utility units and nitrogen oxides by facilities with one or more combustion units serving at least one electricity generator with a capacity of at least 25 megawatts. Permits emissions trading and allocation.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations controlling electric utility and industrial source emissions of mercury. Prohibits mercury emission allowance transfers.
Requires that these emissions regulations prevent localized adverse effects and ensure significant reductions on both coasts.
Directs the Administrator to identify for and report to Congress on scientifically credible environmental indicators sufficient to protect sensitive ecosystems of the Adirondack, mid-Appalachian, Rocky and Southern Blue Ridge Mountains as well as the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Long Island Sound, and the Chesapeake Bay.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1