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Union Calendar No. 10
118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 1131
[Report No. 118–17]
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain critical
energy resource facilities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY21, 2023
Mr. J
OYCEof Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. ALLEN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
M
ARCH23, 2023
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered
to be printed
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A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to authorize the use of flexible air permitting
with respect to certain critical energy resource facilities,
and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. FLEXIBLE AIR PERMITS FOR CRITICAL ENERGY 3
RESOURCE FACILITIES. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-5
ronmental Protection Agency shall, as necessary, revise 6
regulations under parts 70 and 71 of title 40, Code of 7
Federal Regulations, to— 8
(1) authorize the owner or operator of a critical 9
energy resource facility to utilize flexible air permit-10
ting (as described in the final rule titled ‘‘Operating 11
Permit Programs; Flexible Air Permitting Rule’’ 12
published by the Environmental Protection Agency 13
in the Federal Register on October 6, 2009 (74 Fed. 14
Reg. 51418)) with respect to such critical energy re-15
source facility; and 16
(2) facilitate flexible, market-responsive oper-17
ations (as described in the final rule identified in 18
paragraph (1)) with respect to critical energy re-19
source facilities. 20
(b) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 21
(1) C
RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE .—The term 22
‘‘critical energy resource’’ means, as determined by 23
the Secretary of Energy, any energy resource— 24
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(A) that is essential to the energy sector 1
and energy systems of the United States; and 2
(B) the supply chain of which is vulnerable 3
to disruption. 4
(2) C
RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE FACILITY .— 5
The term ‘‘critical energy resource facility’’ means a 6
facility that processes or refines a critical energy re-7
source. 8
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118
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 1131
[Report No. 118–17]
A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible
air permitting with respect to certain critical en-
ergy resource facilities, and for other purposes.
M
ARCH
23, 2023
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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