Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act
This bill repeals exemptions from the Clean Air Act under which (1) emissions from oil and gas wells and pipeline facilities are excluded from aggregation with emissions from other similar units for purposes of determining major sources, and (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) excludes oil and gas production wells from being listed as area sources.
Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and revising such list to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-02 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. | House committee actions |
| 2021-04-01 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-01 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |