HR 2302 117th 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 Pipelines

CLOSE Act

Introduced: April 1, 2021 Introduced by: Clarke, Yvette D. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

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Apr 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Apr 1, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Apr 1, 2021

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act

This bill repeals exemptions from the Clean Air Act under which (1) emissions from oil and gas wells and pipeline facilities are excluded from aggregation with emissions from other similar units for purposes of determining major sources, and (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) excludes oil and gas production wells from being listed as area sources.

Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and revising such list to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.

What's happening now April 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Environment Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors 24