text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving 
  the Environment Act'' or the ``SENSE Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR COAL REFUSE POWER PLANTS.
  
      (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
              (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
          Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
              (2) Boiler operating day.--The term ``boiler operating 
          day'' has the meaning given such term in section 63.10042 of 
          title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
          regulation.
              (3) Coal refuse.--The term ``coal refuse'' means any 
          byproduct of coal mining, physical coal cleaning, or coal 
          preparation operation that contains coal, matrix material, 
          clay, and other organic and inorganic material.
              (4) Coal refuse electric utility steam generating unit.--
          The term ``coal refuse electric utility steam generating unit'' 
          means an electric utility steam generating unit that--
                      (A) is in operation as of the date of enactment of 
                  this Act;
                      (B) uses fluidized bed combustion technology to 
                  convert coal refuse into energy; and
                      (C) uses coal refuse as at least 75 percent of the 
                  annual fuel consumed, by heat input, of the unit.
              (5) Coal refuse-fired facility.--The term ``coal refuse-
          fired facility'' means all coal refuse electric utility steam 
          generating units that are--
                      (A) located on one or more contiguous or adjacent 
                  properties;
                      (B) specified within the same Major Group (2-digit 
                  code), as described in the Standard Industrial 
                  Classification Manual (1987); and
                      (C) under common control of the same person (or 
                  persons under common control).
              (6) Electric utility steam generating unit.--The term 
          ``electric utility steam generating unit'' means an electric 
          utility steam generating unit, as such term is defined in 
          section 63.10042 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
          any successor regulation.
      (b) Emission Limitations To Address Hydrogen Chloride and Sulfur 
  Dioxide as Hazardous Air Pollutants.--
              (1) Applicability.--For purposes of regulating emissions of 
          hydrogen chloride or sulfur dioxide from a coal refuse electric 
          utility steam generating unit under section 112 of the Clean 
          Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412), the Administrator--
                      (A) shall authorize the operator of such unit to 
                  elect that such unit comply with either--
                              (i) an emissions standard for emissions of 
                          hydrogen chloride that meets the requirements 
                          of paragraph (2); or
                              (ii) an emission standard for emissions of 
                          sulfur dioxide that meets the requirements of 
                          paragraph (2); and
                      (B) may not require that such unit comply with both 
                  an emission standard for emissions of hydrogen chloride 
                  and an emission standard for emissions of sulfur 
                  dioxide.
              (2) Rules for emission limitations.--
                      (A) In general.--The Administrator shall require an 
                  operator of a coal refuse electric utility steam 
                  generating unit to comply, at the election of the 
                  operator, with no more than one of the following 
                  emission standards:
                              (i) An emission standard for emissions of 
                          hydrogen chloride from such unit that is no 
                          more stringent than an emission rate of 0.002 
                          pounds per million British thermal units of 
                          heat input.
                              (ii) An emission standard for emissions of 
                          hydrogen chloride from such unit that is no 
                          more stringent than an emission rate of 0.02 
                          pounds per megawatt-hour.
                              (iii) An emission standard for emissions of 
                          sulfur dioxide from such unit that is no more 
                          stringent than an emission rate of 0.20 pounds 
                          per million British thermal units of heat 
                          input.
                              (iv) An emission standard for emissions of 
                          sulfur dioxide from such unit that is no more 
                          stringent than an emission rate of 1.5 pounds 
                          per megawatt-hour.
                              (v) An emission standard for emissions of 
                          sulfur dioxide from such unit that is no more 
                          stringent than capture and control of 93 
                          percent of sulfur dioxide across the generating 
                          unit or group of generating units, as 
                          determined by comparing--
                                      (I) the expected sulfur dioxide 
                                  generated from combustion of fuels 
                                  emissions calculated based upon as-
                                  fired fuel samples, to
                                      (II) the actual sulfur dioxide 
                                  emissions as measured by a sulfur 
                                  dioxide continuous emission monitoring 
                                  system.
                      (B) Measurement.--An emission standard described in 
                  subparagraph (A) shall be measured as a 30 boiler 
                  operating day rolling average per coal refuse electric 
                  utility steam generating unit or group of coal refuse 
                  electric utility steam generating units located at a 
                  single coal refuse-fired facility.
  
              Passed the House of Representatives March 8, 2018.
  
              Attest:
  
                                                   KAREN L. HAAS,
  
                                                                   Clerk.
target: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on January 12, 2018.  Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act or the SENSE Act (Sec. 2) This bill eases emission limits for hazardous air pollutants from electric utility steam generating units (electric power plants) that convert coal refuse into energy. The Environmental Protection Agency must allow utilities to select a standard for either hydrogen chloride or sulfur dioxide with which to comply from a list of specified standards.
feat_title: Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act