CLOSE Act

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Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 1, 2021

Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act

This bill repeals exemptions from the Clean Air Act under which (1) emissions from oil and gas wells and pipeline facilities are excluded from aggregation with emissions from other similar units for purposes of determining major sources, and (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) excludes oil and gas production wells from being listed as area sources.

Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and revising such list to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: CLOSE Act

Also known as: Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act

Latest action (Apr 2, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 1, 2021

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

No recorded floor vote found.