Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Legislation on wildland smoke, exempting livestock greenhouse pollution from regulation, and exempting hot rods from pollution regulation
Legislation:
- S.1475, Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2021, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing permits under the Clean Air Act for any carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production (Thune)
- S.2421, Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2021 requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to research and mitigate the impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires (Merkley)
- S.2661, Smoke-Ready Communities Act of 2021 establishes a grant program for supporting local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating about, or mitigating the environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke (Merkley)
- S.2736, RPM Act of 2021 authorizes the modification of a vehicle’s air emission controls for vehicles that are not legal for operation on a street or highway and are used solely for competition, and prohibits the EPA from creating or authorizing a database of vehicle registration information that is required to be consulted at the point of manufacture, sale, installation, or use of parts or components (Burr)
Witnesses:
Panel 1- John Thune, United States Senator, South Dakota
- Dr. Cassandra Moseley, Vice Provost for Academic Operations and Strategy; Research Professor, Institute for a Sustainable Environment; Senior Policy Advisor, Ecosystem Workforce Program, The University of Oregon
- John Walke, Director, Clean Air Project, Climate and Clean Energy Program, National Resources Defense Council
- Antron Brown, Company Owner, Professional Driver, AB Motorsports Incorporated, National Hot Rod Association
- Scott VanderWal, Vice President, American Farm Bureau Federation