Sec. 6. Updating output-based emissions standards
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) shall establish a program under which the Administrator shall provide to each State (as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7602 )) that elects to participate and that submits an application under subsection
(b)a grant for use by the State in accordance with subsection (c). To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may require. A State shall use a grant provided under this section— to update any applicable State or local air permitting regulations under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to incorporate environmental regulations relating to output-based emissions standards in accordance with relevant guidelines developed by the Administrator under paragraph (2); or if the State has already updated all applicable State and local permitting regulations to incorporate those output-based emissions standards, to expedite the processing of relevant power generation permit applications under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish guidelines for updating State and local permitting regulations under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) that— provide credit, in the calculation of the emission rate of the facility, for any thermal energy produced by combined heat and power technology or waste heat to power technology; and apply only to generation units that produce 5 megawatts of electrical energy or less. The amount of a grant provided under this section shall not exceed $100,000. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $5,000,000.
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