,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bajd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aa1     
#bjai,mr4 ,paul introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,environment and  
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,clean ,air ,act to exclude energy     
efficiency projects1 pollution control  
projects1 and reliability projects from 
the definition of a modification4  #a4  
,exclusion of energy efficiency         
projects1 pollution control projects1   
and reliability projects from the       
definition of a modification ,section   
#aaa7;a77#d7 of the ,clean ,air ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdaa7;a77#d77 is        
amended-- 7#a7 by striking 7#d7 ,the    
term modification means and inserting   
the following3  7#d7 ,modification  7,a7
 ,in general ,the term modification     
means  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7,b7 ,exclusion ,the    
term modification does not include any  
energy efficiency project1 pollution    

control project1 or reliability project4
  7,c7 ,associated definitions ,for     
purposes of subparagraph 7,b73 7i7      
,energy efficiency project ,the term    
energy efficiency project means any     
project or activity undertaken at a     
stationary source 7including any        
physical change in1 or change in the    
method of operation of1 the stationary  
source7 or any group of projects1       
activities1 or changes undertaken during
 the same outage period--  7,i7 as a    
result of which the maximum hourly      
carbon dioxide emissions rate of the    
stationary source is lower than that    
rate was immediately before the project 
or activity1 or the group of projects1  
activities1 or changes1 was undertaken2 
and  7,,ii7 after which the maximum     
hourly emission rate for any other      
regulated pollutant is not more than    
either the facility-wide or             
unit-specific permitted emission rate4  
7ii7 ,pollution control project ,the    
term pollution control project means any

 project or activity undertaken at a    
stationary source 7including any        
physical change in1 or change in the    
method of operation of1 the stationary  
source7 or any group of projects1       
activities1 or changes undertaken during
 the same outage period1 that is        
undertaken to reduce the emission of any
 pollutant4  7iii7 ,reliability project 
,the term reliability project means any 
project or activity undertaken at a     
stationary source 7including any        
physical change in1 or change in the    
method of operation of1 the stationary  
source7 or any group of projects1       
activities1 or changes undertaken during
 the same outage period1 that improves  
the ability of the electric system--    
7,i7 to supply the aggregate electric   
power and energy requirements of        
electricity consumers at all times1     
taking into account scheduled and       
reasonably expected unscheduled outages 
of system components2 and  7,,ii7 to    
withstand sudden disturbances1 such as  

electric short circuits1 the            
unanticipated loss of system components1
 or disturbances caused by manmade      
physical or cyber attacks4  4