News & Analysis In the Congress Volume 49, Issue 7

would amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to establish an ocean acidification advisory board, expand and improve the research on ocean acidification and coastal acidification, and establish and maintain a data archive system for ocean acidification data and coastal acidification data.

would impose an annual deadline of June 1 for small refineries to submit petitions for exemptions from the renewable fuel requirements under §211(o) of the CAA based on disproportionate economic hardship.

would amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from certain civilian nuclear power reactors.

would amend the Wilderness Act to allow local federal officials to determine the manner in which nonmotorized uses may be permitted in wilderness areas.