H.R. 6566

[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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