Definitions

In this Act: (1) Federal agency The term Federal agency has the meaning given the term agency in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Social cost of carbon The term social cost of carbon means— (A) the estimate of the social cost of carbon described in— (i) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866 and dated February 2010; (ii) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990 and dated February 2021; (iii) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866, dated May 2013, revised in November 2013 and July 2015, and published and revised in August 2016; (iv) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Regulatory Impact Analysis for the New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule and dated April 2024; (v) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final Federal Good Neighbor Plan Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard and dated March 2023; (vi) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and Technology Review and dated April 2024; (vii) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Benefit and Cost Analysis for Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category and dated April 18, 2024; or (viii) any successor or substantially related document; and (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year. (3) Social cost of greenhouse gases The term social cost of greenhouse gases means— (A) the estimate of the social cost of any greenhouse gas that is described in— (i) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866 and dated February 2010; (ii) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866, dated May 2013, revised in November 2013 and July 2015, and published and revised in August 2016; (iii) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Addendum to Technical Support Document on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866: Application of the Methodology to Estimate the Social Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide and dated August 2016; (iv) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990 and dated February 2021; or (v) any successor or substantially related document; and (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in greenhouse gas emissions in a given year. (4) Social cost of methane The term social cost of methane means— (A) the estimate of the social cost of methane described in— (i) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Addendum to Technical Support Document on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866: Application of the Methodology to Estimate the Social Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide and dated August 2016; (ii) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990 and dated February 2021; (iii) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Benefit and Cost Analysis for Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category and dated April 18, 2024; or (iv) any successor or substantially related document; and (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in methane emissions in a given year. (5) Social cost of nitrous oxide The term social cost of nitrous oxide means— (A) the estimate of the social cost of nitrous oxide described in— (i) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, entitled Addendum to Technical Support Document on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866: Application of the Methodology to Estimate the Social Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide and dated August 2016; (ii) the document of the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, entitled Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990 and dated February 2021; or (iii) any other successor or substantially related document; and (B) any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in nitrous oxide emissions in a given year.