HR 2021 · 112th Congress · Environmental Protection
Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.(2011-06-27)
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Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any air quality impact of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources to be measured or modeled and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore area. Provides that: (1) emissions from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source, including emissions while at the OCS source or in route to or from the OCS source within 25 miles of the OCS source, shall be considered direct emissions from the OCS source (current law) but shall not be subject to any emission control requirement applicable to such source; and (2) an OCS source, for platform or drill ship exploration, is established when drilling commences at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates. Requires: (1) final agency action on a permit application for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source under such Act to be taken no later than six months after the filing of such application; (2) such final agency action to be considered to be nationally applicable under judicial review; and (3) …
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2021, Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
Jun 9, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 1, 2011
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Cosponsors (20)
1 Democrat19 Republicans