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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 246
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency from imposing a fee on certain facilities for
methane emissions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY10, 2023
Mr. E
STESintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing
a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marginal Well Protec-4
tion Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. METHANE EMISSIONS AND WASTE REDUCTION IN-1
CENTIVE PROGRAM FOR PETROLEUM AND 2
NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS. 3
Section 136(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 4
7436(d)) is amended— 5
(1) by striking ‘‘section,’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-6
tion:’’; 7
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 8
(9) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively; 9
(3) by striking ‘‘the term’’ and inserting the fol-10
lowing: 11
‘‘(1) The term’’; and 12
(4) by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(2) The term ‘applicable facility’ does not in-14
clude a facility that produces less than 15 barrels of 15
oil per day and less than 90 thousand cubic feet of 16
natural gas per day.’’. 17
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