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HR 1204 112th Congress House

To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 25, 2011 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Air qualityHazardous wastes and toxic substancesOil and gas
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Mar 17, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) include hydrogen sulfide in the list of hazardous air pollutants; (2) repeal the prohibition on aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station with emissions from other similar units to determine whether such units or stations are major sources of hazardous air pollutants; (3) repeal the prohibition on aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well for any purpose relating to hazardous air pollutant emission standards; and (4) repeal the prohibition against the Administrator listing oil and gas production wells as an area source category of hazardous air pollutants.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5
LOWEY, NITA
· Mar 8, 2012
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Dec 2, 2011
ROTHMAN, STEVEN
· Jun 14, 2011
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 25, 2011
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 25, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 25, 2011
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 1, 2011
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 17, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1204: To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1204/
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"H.R. 1204: To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1204/.
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H.R. 1204, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1204/.
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