,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1       
#bjai,mr4 ,sullivan 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,murkowski7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prevent catastrophic failure
 or shutdown of remote diesel power     
engines due to emission control devices1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,alaska ,remote ,generator ,reliability 
and ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,revision of 
regulations required  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,administrator of the              
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 revise section #fj4dbaf7;c7 of title   
#dj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as 
in effect on the date of enactment of   
this ,act71 by striking that was not    
certified and all that follows through  
compared to engine-out emissions and    
inserting must have that engine         

certified as meeting at least ,tier #c  
,,pm standards4  7b7 ,emissions and     
energy reliability study ,not later than
 #a year after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,administrator of the    
,environmental ,protection ,agency1 in  
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,energy1 shall submit to the ,committee 
on ,environment and ,public ,works of   
the ,senate and the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives a report assessing     
options for the ,federal ,government to 
assist remote areas in the ,state of    
,alaska in meeting the energy needs of  
those areas in an affordable and        
reliable manner using--  7#a7 existing  
emissions control technology2 or  7#b7  
other technology that achieves emissions
 reductions similar to the technology   
described in paragraph 7#a74