S. 3489: A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions.

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S. 3489: A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-15 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1060.

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A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions.

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with representatives of industry and environmental groups to conduct a study of black carbon emissions, which shall include: (1) an identification of the major sources of black carbon emissions in the United States and throughout the world, an estimate of the quantity of current and future emissions, and the net climate effects of the emissions from those sources; (2) an identification of the most effective and cost-effective control technologies, operations, or strategies for additional domestic and international reductions in black carbon reductions and the health benefits associated with additional reductions; and (3) recommendations regarding areas of focus for additional research for technologies, operations, and strategies with the highest potential to reduce black carbon emissions, government actions to encourage or require additional black carbon emission reductions, and the development of a climate-beneficial tropospheric ozone reduction strategy. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on the study results within 180 days after enactment of this Act.

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Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3489, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions (2008-09-23); CBO cost estimate: S. 3489, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions (2008-09-23)

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• Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3489.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s3489 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110