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Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise requirements for hazardous air pollutants. Specifically, the bill allows (1) emissions from oil or gas exploration or production wells and emissions from pipeline compressors or pump stations to be aggregated with emissions from other similar sources and regulated as a major source of toxic air pollutants, (2) emissions from those wells to be aggregated for purposes of emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, and (3) emissions from oil or gas production wells to be regulated as an area source of toxic air pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency must (1) issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) revise the list of air pollution sources within 365 days after issuing the rule to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
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2025-11-18
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2025-11-18
Introduced in House
2025-11-18
Introduced in House
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119 HR 6081 IH: Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-11-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6081 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Mr. Beyer , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Norton , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Thanedar , Mr. Morelle , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Casten , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Carson , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Sherman , and Ms. Simon ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act . 2. Repeal of exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas sources Section 112(n) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(n) ) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 3. Hydrogen sulfide as a hazardous air pollutant The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall— (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(b) ); and (2) not later than 365 days after a final rule under paragraph (1) is issued, revise the list under section 112(c) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(c) ) to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
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