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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 636
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 18, 2009
Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Chambliss) 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 conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
Definition of renewable biomass
Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (I) and inserting the following:
Renewable biomass
The term renewable biomass means—
materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) that—
are byproducts of preventive treatments that are removed—
to reduce hazardous fuels;
to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation; or
to restore ecosystem health;
would not otherwise be used for higher-value products; and
are harvested in accordance with—
applicable law and land management plans; and
the requirements for—
old-growth maintenance, restoration, and management direction of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (e) of section 102 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); and
large-tree retention of subsection (f) of that section; or
any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including—
renewable plant material, including—
feed grains;
other agricultural commodities;
other plants and trees; and
algae; and
waste material, including—
crop residue;
other vegetative waste material (including wood waste and wood residues);
animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure); and
food waste and yard waste.
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