A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.

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What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 11, 2015

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency, when taking an action regarding air emissions from an energy source or facility that uses forest biomass, to assume that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon accumulations in the atmosphere if: (1) a Department of Agriculture's Forest Inventory and Analysis that is current at the time the action is taken shows that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing; or (2) the forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.

Latest action (May 11, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 11, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.