Senate
May 11, 2015A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.
Summary
Official
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency, when taking an action regarding air emissions from an energy source or facility that uses forest biomass, to assume that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon accumulations in the atmosphere if: (1) a Department of Agriculture's Forest Inventory and Analysis that is current at the time the action is taken shows that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing; or (2) the forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.
Bill Progress
Bill has been introduced and assigned a number
Introduced(5/11/15)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
AK
Mr. King
Senate (I) Maine
Topics
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 11, 2015