Sec. 4. Guidelines for determining qualified renewable biomass
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In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions means the aggregate quantity of greenhouse gas emissions, adjusted to account for the relative global warming potential of the emissions relative to all greenhouse gas emissions. For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term greenhouse gas emissions includes— direct emissions; and significant indirect emissions, including from— land use changes and temporal changes in forest carbon sequestration; biomass harvests, regrowth, and avoided decomposition related to the full fuel lifecycle, including all stages of fuel and feedstock production and distribution; and feedstock generation or extraction through the distribution and delivery of the finished fuel to the ultimate consumer.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, recognizing the recommendations of and coordinating with the Scientific Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the accounting of biogenic carbon dioxide emissions and after notice and public comment, issue guidelines for calculating lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for renewable biomass (as that term is defined in section 610(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978).