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MI HR0250
Resolution
Status
4/15/2010
Primary Sponsor
Pete Lund
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to postpone EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources (manufacturing facilities, power plants, hospitals, commercial establishments) under existing Clean Air Act authority.
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Argues that regulating GHG emissions from stationary sources would burden manufacturing and the economy, impose onerous permitting requirements, and delay investments in energy-efficient technologies.
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States EPA regulations would create approximately 6 million permitting requests that would overwhelm state agencies lacking capacity to handle the volume.
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Asserts that only Congress can prevent the significant costs and burdens of these regulations and calls for a balanced approach to climate and energy issues without harming the economy.
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Directs transmission of resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A resolution to memorialize the Congress to enact legislation that would postpone the Environmental Protection Agency's effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources using existing Clean Air Act authority until Congress adopts a balanced approach to address climate and energy issues.
Environmental Protection Agency
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Great Lakes And Environment
4/15/2010