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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 536
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2009
Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of
the term renewable biomass
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Renewable biomass
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of
Congress that Congress should seek to establish a consistent definition for the
term renewable biomass
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Renewable biomass
Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended—
by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as clauses (vi) through (viii), respectively;
by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
Slash and precommercial sized thinnings harvested—
in environmentally sustainable quantities, as determined by the appropriate Federal land manager; and
from National Forest System land or public land (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702), other than—
components of the National Wilderness Preservation System;
wilderness study areas;
inventoried roadless areas and all unroaded areas of at least 5,000 acres;
old growth stands;
components of the National Landscape Conservation System; and
national monuments.
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by striking clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:
Biomass obtained on land in any ownership from the immediate vicinity of any building, camp, or public infrastructure facility (including roads), at risk from wildfire.
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