HR 1256 · 107th Congress · Environmental Protection
Clean Smokestacks Act of 2001
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.(2001-04-16)
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Clean Smokestacks Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or more that use a combustion device to generate electricity for sale) by January 1, 2007. Requires powerplants, on the later of the date 30 years after the powerplant commenced operation or five years after this Act's enactment, to comply with the most recent new source performance standards under CAA provisions regarding air quality and emissions limitations and with specified requirements for modified sources.…
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19 Democrats1 Republican