Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Recycling Technology Innovation Act.
Section 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
(1) unit.—
(A) In general
The term
(2) by striking include (A) materials and inserting
(2) include—
(i) materials
(3) by striking metals, (B) qualifying and inserting
(3) metals;
(ii) qualifying
(4) by striking purposes, or (C) air and inserting
(4) purposes;
(iii) air
(5) by striking rule. and inserting
(5) 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.
(5) ; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
(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.