H.R. 6172 · 112th Congress
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David McKinley
- Introduced
- 2012-07-24
- Latest action
- 2012-09-20 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Oil and gas
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Public utilities and utility rates
Coal
Air quality
Environmental protection
Environmental technology
Technology assessment