Markey (D-MA): No. 1—Allows the Secretary of Interior to promulgate rules under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, if the “rule would reduce the prevalence of pulmonary diseases, lung cancer, cardiovascular disease or reduce the prevalence of birth defects or reproductive problems in pregnant women or children.”
Bucshon (R-IN): No. 2— Requires Federal officials proposing rules under this Act to publish with each rule proposed the scientific study relied on in developing the rule. This amendment will ensure that rules being issued are based on scientific study.
Waxman (D-CA): No. 3—Strikes the language that would repeal EPA’s scientific finding that carbon pollution endangers the public health and welfare.
Kelly (R-PA): No. 4—Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report to Congress estimating the number of jobs, the fatalities and injuries, and the cost to the economy caused by the new emission standards for vehicles manufactured after 2017 The amendment would also require that the Secretary be prohibited from consulting with the EPA or the California Air Resources Board to complete the report.
Markey (D-MA): No. 5—Allows the EPA to issue regulations under the Clean Air Act if it is determined that such regulations would reduce U.S. demand for oil.
Benishek (R-MI): No. 6—Requires the Committee for the Cumulative Analysis of Regulations that Impact Energy and Manufacturing in the United States to include the health effects associated with regulatory costs in its assessment.
Harris (R-MD): No. 7—Requires EPA to make data and modeling inputs available to the public, and requires Regulatory Impact Analysis to undergo external peer review according to the agency's own peer review guidelines.
Jackson Lee (D-TX): No. 8—Eliminates the bill's permit streamlining provisions re: the Clean Water Act.
McKinley (R-WV): No. 9—Bars the EPA from retroactively vetoing discharge permits issued under the Clean Water Act
Markey (D-MA): No. 10—Creates a federal renewable electricity and energy efficiency standard.
DeFazio (D-OR): No. 11—Requires EPA and the Department of Transportation to submit a report to Congress within six months on the health, environmental, and public health impacts of fugitive coal dust.
Flake (R-AZ) and Berg (R-ND) : No. 12—Gives power to the states to revoke any existing federal implementation plan (FIP) with regard to the regulation of visibility (air pollutants that cause or contribute to the impairment of visibility). In revoking the FIP, the state must propose a state implementation plan (SIP) to regulate visibility within two years. The amendment would also give the states a minimum of five years to become compliant with federal standards if they choose to accept the FIP, allowing businesses time to plan for the changes.
Gosar (R-AZ): No. 13—Limits the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue federal implementation plans for the Navajo Generating Station, located near Page, Arizona.
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