HR 1900 · 104th Congress · Environmental Protection

To amend the Clean Air Act to exempt agriculture-related facilities from certain permitting requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1995-06-20· Sponsored by Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.(1995-07-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Clean Air Act to add specified definitions relating to agriculture-related facilities (grain elevators, grain, feed, or rice mills, or grain processing facilities). Defines "potential to emit" as the potential of a facility to emit during a one-year period under maximum realistic operation. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in determining the maximum realistic operation of an agriculture-related facility, to consider: (1) the cyclical or seasonal nature of the facility; and (2) the maximum hours of operation of the facility that actually occurred during any of the preceding five years in the case of a facility in operation on the date of determination. Requires the Administrator to consider the effect of control equipment and techniques in lowering the potential to emit of an agriculture-related facility. Exempts a source from permitting requirements if the source is not a major source and is subject to emissions standards for new stationary sources or requirements for stationary sources of hazardous air pollutants.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (6)

2 Democrats4 Republicans