Sec. 601. Waiver for national security or energy security
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If the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, determines that processing or refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility is important to the national security or energy security of the United States, then the Administrator may waive application of any requirement, sanction, or fee under the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ) that the Administrator, in consultation with the Governor of the State in which the critical energy resource facility is located, determines appropriate with respect to the critical energy resource facility.
The Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 3024 the following: If the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, determines that processing or refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility is important to the national security or energy security of the United States, then the Administrator may, with respect to the critical energy resource facility, waive application of— any standard established under section 3002, 3003, or 3004; the permit requirement under section 3005; or any other requirement of this title, as the Administrator determines appropriate.
The terms critical energy resource and critical energy resource facility have the meanings given such terms in section 608 of the Securing America’s Mineral Supply Chains Act of 2022 . . The Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended in the table of contents by inserting after the item relating to section 3024 the following: Sec. 3025. Waivers for critical energy resource facilities. .
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