S.Amdt. 2615

1. Adds SEC. 7. ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT on page 6, line 11

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   Inserted: SEC. 7. ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--

   Inserted: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency has systematically distorted the true impact of the regulations of the Agency on job creation by using incomplete analyses to assess effects on employment and failing to take into account the cascading effects of a regulatory change across interconnected industries and markets nationwide;

   Inserted: (2) although in many instances, the Environmental Protection Agency has stated that the impact of certain regulations will result in net job creation, implementation of the regulations will actually require billions of dollars in compliance costs, resulting in reduced business profits and millions of actual job losses;

   Inserted: (3)(A) the analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency of the final rule of the Agency entitled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units" (77 Fed. Reg. 9304 (Feb. 16, 2012)) estimated that implementation of the final rule would result in the creation of 46,000 temporary construction jobs and 8,000 net new permanent jobs; but

   Inserted: (B) a private study conducted by NERA Economic Consulting, using a "whole economy" model, estimated that implementation of the final rule described in subparagraph (A) would result in a negative impact on the income of workers in an amount equivalent to 180,000 to 215,000 lost jobs in 2015 and 50,000 to 85,000 lost jobs each year thereafter;

   Inserted: (4)(A) the analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency of the final rule of the Agency entitled "Federal Implementation Plans: Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone and Correction of SIP Approvals" (76 Fed. Reg. 48208 (Aug. 8, 2011)) estimated that implementation of the final rule would result in the creation of 700 jobs per year; but

   Inserted: (B) a private study conducted by NERA Economic Consulting estimated that implementation of the final rule described in subparagraph (A) would result in the elimination of a total of 34,000 jobs during the period beginning in calendar year 2013 and ending in calendar year 2037;

   Inserted: (5)(A) the analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency of the final rules of the Agency entitled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters" (76 Fed. Reg. 15608 (March 21, 2011)) and "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers" (76 Fed. Reg. 15554 (March 21, 2011)) estimated that implementation of the final rules would result in the creation of 2,200 jobs per year; but

   Inserted: (B) a private study conducted NERA Economic Consulting estimated that implementation of the final rules described in subparagraph (A) would result in the elimination of 28,000 jobs per year during the period beginning in calendar year 2013 and ending in calendar year 2037;

   Inserted: (6) implementation of certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency that have not been updated or finalized as of the date of enactment of this Act, such as an update of the rules of the Agency relating to greenhouse gases and national ambient air quality standards, will result in significant and negative employment impacts, but the Agency has not yet fully studied or disclosed those impacts;

   Inserted: (7) in developing or updating any regulations after the date of enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection Agency must be required to fully study the adverse impact those regulations will have on jobs and employment levels in the United States and disclose those impacts to the people of the United States before issuing a final rule; and

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   Inserted: (8) although since 1977, section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7621(a)) has required the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to "conduct continuing evaluations of potential loss or shifts of employment which may result from the administration or enforcement of the provision of [the Clean Air Act] and applicable implementation plans, including where appropriate, investigating threatened plant closures or reductions in employment allegedly resulting from such administration or enforcement", the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to conduct any study that considers the impact of programs carried out under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) on jobs and changes in employment.

   Inserted: (b) Prohibition.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not issue any final rule until the date on which the Administrator--

   Inserted: (1) completes a full economic analysis pursuant to section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7621(a)); and

   Inserted: (2) establishes a process to update that analysis not less frequently than quarterly.

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