HR 1548 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Oil and gas

BREATHE Act

Introduced: March 23, 2015 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Mar 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Mar 23, 2015

Introduced in House

Mar 23, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act or the BREATHE Act

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal prohibitions against: (1) 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, whether or not the units are in a contiguous area or under common control, to determine whether the units or stations are major sources of listed toxic air pollutants under such Act; (2) aggregating such emissions for any purpose under such Act, in the case of any oil or gas exploration or production well; and (3) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listing an oil and gas production well as an area source category of toxic air pollutants under such Act.

The EPA must: (1) issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) revise the list within 365 days after issuing the rule to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.

What's happening now March 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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