S.Amdt. 3046

SA 3046. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2262, to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the beginning of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5____. REGIONAL HAZE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the disapproval, in whole or in part, by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of a State regional haze implementation plan addressing any regional haze regulation of the Environmental Protection Agency (including the regulations described in sections 51.308 and 51.309 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) shall not be valid if--

(1) the Administrator fails to demonstrate using the best available science that a Federal implementation plan governing a specific unit, when compared to the State plan, results in at least a 1.0 deciview improvement over the State plan in any single class I area (as classified under section 162 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7472)); or

(2) implementation of the Federal implementation plan, when compared to the State plan, will result in an economic cost of greater than $100,000,000 in any fiscal year or $300,000,000 in the aggregate over the cost of the State plan.

(b) Retroactive Application.--This section applies to any disapproval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of a State regional haze implementation plan that occurs after January 1, 2010.