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136 STAT. 2073 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 (1) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ means the air pollutants carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given to that term in section 302(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(d)). SEC. 60113. METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM. The Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section 135 of such Act, as added by section 60107 of this Act, the following: ‘‘SEC. 136. METHANE EMISSIONS AND WASTE REDUCTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS. ‘‘(a) INCENTIVES FOR METHANE MITIGATION AND MONITORING.— In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $850,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028— ‘‘(1) for grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities of the Environmental Protection Agency for the purposes of providing financial and technical assistance to owners and operators of applicable facilities to prepare and submit green- house gas reports under subpart W of part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; ‘‘(2) for grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities of the Environmental Protection Agency authorized under sub- sections (a) through (c) of section 103 for methane emissions monitoring; ‘‘(3) for grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities of the Environmental Protection Agency for the purposes of providing financial and technical assistance to reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum and nat- ural gas systems, mitigate legacy air pollution from petroleum and natural gas systems, and provide funding for— ‘‘(A) improving climate resiliency of communities and petroleum and natural gas systems; ‘‘(B) improving and deploying industrial equipment and processes that reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions and waste; ‘‘(C) supporting innovation in reducing methane and other greenhouse gas emissions and waste from petroleum and natural gas systems; ‘‘(D) permanently shutting in and plugging wells on non-Federal land; ‘‘(E) mitigating health effects of methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, and legacy air pollution from petroleum and natural gas systems in low-income and dis- advantaged communities; and ‘‘(F) supporting environmental restoration; and ‘‘(4) to cover all direct and indirect costs required to admin- ister this section, prepare inventories, gather empirical data, and track emissions. ‘‘(b) INCENTIVES FOR METHANE MITIGATION FROM CONVEN- TIONAL WELLS.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, for 42 USC 7436. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00257 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw