Sec. 401. Transportation carbon management
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Section 213 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7547 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), the Administrator shall promulgate standards for emissions of greenhouse gases for every class or category of new nonroad engines and new nonroad vehicles, taking into account costs, noise, safety, and energy factors associated with the application of technology which the Administrator determines will be available for the engines and vehicles to which such standards apply.
The regulations shall apply to the useful life of the engines or vehicles (as determined by the Administrator). The Administrator shall promulgate regulations containing standards applicable to greenhouse gas emissions from new locomotives and new engines used in locomotives. Such standards shall achieve the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of technology which the Administrator determines will be available for the locomotives or engines to which such standards apply, giving appropriate consideration to the cost of applying such technology within the period of time available to manufactures and to noise, energy, and safety factors associated with the application of such technology.
The Administrator shall promulgate the regulations required by this subsection within 24 months of the date of enactment of this subsection. The Administrator shall promulgate successive greenhouse gas emission standards pursuant to this subsection, and shall— ensure that pursuant to such successive standards a greenhouse gas emission standard is always in effect for each regulated class or category of new nonroad engines, new nonroad vehicles, new locomotives, and new engines used in locomotives; mandate increased reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in each successive set of emission standards compared to the prior set of standards; and determine the level of successive emission standards based on the degree of greenhouse gas emission reductions needed to achieve the national interim goal and the national goal declared by section 101 of the CLEAN Future Act .
The Administrator shall conduct a study of methane slip in engine exhaust, including the existence or absence of effective systems for control of methane slip in engine exhaust. The Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, carry out science-based research and development activities to pursue dramatic improvements in the effectiveness for methane control of catalytic systems suitable for commercial application.
Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Congress outlining the findings of the study. The report shall further include policy recommendations for addressing emissions from methane slip in engine exhaust in light of the national interim goal and the national goal declared by section 101 of the CLEAN Future Act . . Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this subsection referred to as the Administrator ) shall, pursuant to section 231 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7571 ), promulgate aircraft engine emission standards for greenhouse gas emissions from existing in-service aircraft.
In promulgating the emission standards required by this paragraph, the Administrator shall— establish tiered emission standards to achieve increased stringency and ambition across aircraft fleets; and in carrying out clause (i), make the least stringent tier at least as stringent as the International Civil Aviation Organization’s CAEP/10 standard for carbon dioxide. In promulgating the emission standards required by this paragraph, the Administrator shall consider incorporating flexibility mechanisms, such as averaging and banking, in order to increase emission reduction ambition.
Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, pursuant to section 231 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7571 ), promulgate aircraft engine emission standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft. The emission standards required to be promulgated pursuant to this paragraph shall apply to all new aircraft delivered on or after January 1, 2030. The Administrator shall consider all currently and potentially available technologies for new aircraft in establishing the emission standards required by this paragraph.
In promulgating the emission standards required by this paragraph, the Administrator shall consider incorporating flexibility mechanisms, such as averaging and banking, in order to increase emission reduction ambition. The Administrator shall promulgate successive greenhouse gas emission standards pursuant to this subsection, and shall— ensure that, pursuant to such successive standards, a greenhouse gas emission standard is always in effect for each regulated class or category of existing in-service and new aircraft engines; mandate increased reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in each successive set of emission standards compared to the prior set of standards; and determine the level of successive emission standards based on the degree of greenhouse gas emission reductions needed to achieve the national interim goal and the national goal declared by section 101.
Section 177 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7507 ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting nonattainment ; and all by striking the words which has plan provisions approved under this part .
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