The House Committee on Energy and Commerce convened for a full committee markup to report favorably a series of measures to amend the Clean Air Act. One of those measures is U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith’s (R-VA) bill, H.R. 161, the New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act.
During debate on Congressman Griffith’s measure, Committee Democrats introduced an amendment to his legislation that would prevent manufacturers from making efficiency upgrades or improvements under the bill to any facilities if the facilities use any electricity generated by coal…