Sec. 712. Reduction of black carbon emissions
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Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, submit to Congress a report regarding black carbon emissions. The report under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An update of the information that was included in the report submitted to Congress by the Environmental Protection Agency titled Report to Congress on Black Carbon (March 2012), and a summary of current information and research that identifies— an inventory of the major sources of black carbon emissions in the United States, including— an estimate of the quantity of current and projected future black carbon emissions; and the net climate forcing of such emissions from such sources, including consideration of co-emissions of other pollutants; effective and cost-effective control technologies, operations, and strategies for additional domestic black carbon emissions reductions, such as diesel retrofit technologies on existing onroad, nonroad, and stationary engines, programs to address residential cookstoves and heating stoves, programs to address forest and agriculture-based burning, and programs to address ports, international shipping, and aviation; potential metrics and approaches for quantifying the climatic effects of black carbon emissions, including the radiative forcing and warming effects of such emissions, that may be used to compare the climate benefits of different mitigation strategies, including an assessment of the uncertainty in such metrics and approaches; and the public health and environmental benefits associated with additional controls for black carbon emissions. Recommendations regarding— development of additional emissions monitoring techniques and capabilities, modeling, and other black carbon-related areas of study; areas of focus for additional study of technologies, operations, and strategies with the greatest potential to reduce emissions of black carbon and associated public health, economic, and environmental impacts associated with these emissions; and actions, in addition to those identified by the Administrator pursuant to subsections
(b)and (c), that the Federal Government may take to encourage or require reductions in black carbon emissions. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, taking into consideration the public health and environmental impacts of black carbon emissions, including the effects on global and regional warming, the Arctic, and other snow and ice-covered surfaces, shall propose— a finding that regulations that have been promulgated as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to such authorities adequately reduce emissions of black carbon by 70 percent relative to 2013 levels by 2025; or regulations under the authorities of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) (as such authorities exist as of the date of the enactment of this Act) to reduce emissions of black carbon by 70 percent relative to 2013 levels by 2025. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate— a final finding described in paragraph (1)(A); or final regulations described in paragraph (1)(B). The Administrator shall allow indigenous populations in the Arctic and other communities disproportionally affected by black carbon emissions to participate in the regulatory action under this subsection through negotiated rulemaking or an equivalent mechanism. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of State and other appropriate Federal officials, shall transmit a report to the Congress— on the amount, type, and direction of all present United States financial, technical, and related assistance to foreign countries to reduce, mitigate, and otherwise abate black carbon emissions; and identifying opportunities and recommendations pursuant to paragraph (2). The report required under this subsection shall identify opportunities and recommendations, including action under existing statutory and regulatory authorities, to achieve significant black carbon emission reductions in foreign countries through technical assistance or other approaches to— promote sustainable solutions to bring clean, efficient, safe, and affordable stoves, fuels, or both stoves and fuels to residents of developing countries that are reliant on solid fuels such as wood, dung, charcoal, coal, or crop residues for home cooking and heating, so as to help reduce the public health, environmental, and economic impacts of black carbon emissions from these sources by— identifying key regions for large-scale demonstration efforts, and key partners in each such region; and developing for each such region a large-scale implementation strategy with a goal of collectively reaching 100,000,000 homes over 5 years with interventions that will— increase stove efficiency by over 50 percent (or such other goal as determined by the Administrator); reduce emissions of black carbon by over 60 percent (or such other goal as determined by the Administrator); and reduce the incidence of severe pneumonia in children under 5 years old by over 30 percent (or such other goal as determined by the Administrator); make technological improvements to diesel engines and provide greater access to fuels that emit less or no black carbon; reduce unnecessary agricultural or other biomass burning where feasible alternatives exist; reduce the amount of heavy fuel oil used by ships by switching to alternative fuels or installing technological improvements; reduce unnecessary fossil fuel burning that produces black carbon where feasible alternatives exist; reduce other sources of black carbon emissions; and improve capacity to achieve greater compliance with existing laws to address black carbon emissions. The Administrator shall— require that communities most vulnerable to the impacts of black carbon, including Arctic indigenous communities, are consulted throughout the process of developing and transmitting the report required by this subsection; and encourage observers of the Arctic Council (including India and China) to adopt mitigation plans consistent with the findings and recommendations of the Arctic Council’s Framework for Action on Black Carbon and Methane .
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Reduction of black carbon emissions
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