Recycling Technology Innovation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6566

To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from 
    the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2025

  Mr. Crenshaw (for himself and Mr. Palmer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from 
    the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recycling Technology Innovation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNIT.

    Section 129(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7429(g)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``unit.--The term'' and inserting ``unit.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term'';
            (2) by striking ``include (A) materials'' and inserting 
        ``include--
                            ``(i) materials'';
            (3) by striking ``metals, (B) qualifying'' and inserting 
        ``metals;
                            ``(ii) qualifying'';
            (4) by striking ``purposes, or (C) air'' and inserting 
        ``purposes;
                            ``(iii) air'';
            (5) by striking ``rule.'' and inserting ``rule; or
                            ``(iv) a unit that converts or transforms 
                        plastic or post-use polymers through pyrolysis, 
                        gasification, depolymerization, catalytic 
                        cracking, solvolysis, or chemolysis into 
                        outputs of which at least 50 percent by mass, 
                        as calculated via a method determined by the 
                        Administrator by rule, are products.''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Petitions for treatment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An owner or operator of 
                        a unit that converts or transforms plastic or 
                        post-use polymers and that is not described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(iv) may submit to the 
                        Administrator a petition requesting that such 
                        unit be treated as excluded from the definition 
                        of solid waste incineration unit.
                            ``(ii) Process.--For any such petition, the 
                        Administrator shall--
                                    ``(I) make publicly available the 
                                complete petition;
                                    ``(II) seek public comment on the 
                                petition; and
                                    ``(III) approve or deny the 
                                petition not later than 180 days after 
                                the date on which the Administrator 
                                receives the petition.
                    ``(C) Product defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `product'--
                            ``(i) means a material output that--
                                    ``(I) is a usable substance or 
                                material with a consumer, commercial, 
                                or industrial application; and
                                    ``(II) can be sold, or used as an 
                                input in the manufacture of another 
                                product; and
                            ``(ii) does not include--
                                    ``(I) electricity, heat, or steam; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) soot, char, dust, or ash.''.
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