HR 3251 · 98th Congress · Environmental Protection
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to control acid precipitation, and for other purposes.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.(1983-06-15)
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Amends the Clean Air Act to require any State within the acid rain mitigation area to provide for the control of acid deposition in its State implementation plan. Provides that such acid rain (or precipitation) mitigation area shall be the 31 States east of a line running south from the western borders of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas. Sets deadlines for: (1) such State submission of a plan meeting acid deposition control requirements (one year after enactment of this Act); and (2) approval of such plan by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (one year and four months after such enactment). Requires that if such deadlines are not met: (1) no plan shall be promulgated by the Administrator; and (2) electric utility steam generating units on specified lists must comply, within five years of such enactment, with an emission limitation for sulfur dioxide of one and two-tenths pounds per million British thermal units (Btu) on a 30-day average. Sets forth provisions for mitigation of acid precipitation. Directs the Administrator, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to publish: (1) a list of the 50 electric utility steam generating units located in…
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10 Democrats