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CONGRESS 1
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ESSION
S. 163
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
M
AY
21, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
AN ACT
To prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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S 163 RFH
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska Remote Gener-
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ator Reliability and Protection Act’’.
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SEC. 2. REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—The Administrator of the Envi-
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ronmental Protection Agency shall revise section
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60.4216(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as
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in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), by striking
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‘‘that was not certified’’ and all that follows through
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‘‘compared to engine-out emissions’’ and inserting ‘‘must
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have that engine certified as meeting at least Tier 3 PM
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standards’’.
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(b) E
MISSIONS AND
E
NERGY
R
ELIABILITY
S
TUDY
.—
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
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Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
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Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy,
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shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public
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Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and
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Commerce of the House of Representatives a report as-
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sessing options for the Federal Government to assist re-
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mote areas in the State of Alaska in meeting the energy
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needs of those areas in an affordable and reliable manner
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using—
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(1) existing emissions control technology; or
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