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2004 SESSION

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HB 113 Electric generating facilities; to meet emissions reductions in severe nonattainment areas.

Introduced by: Marian Van Landingham | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Severe nonattainment areas. Directs any electric generating facility in a severe nonattainment area to meet the following emission reduction requirements no later than January 1, 2009: (i) reduce aggregate sulfur dioxide emissions by at least 75 percent from levels allowed under full implementation of the federal Clean Air Act Phase II sulfur dioxide requirements, and (ii) reduce aggregate nitrogen oxide emissions by at least 75 percent from the facility's 1997 levels. Also, this bill prohibits any electric generating facility from operating after January 1, 2009, unless it has complied with such emission reduction requirements or entered into a consent decree with the State Air Pollution Control Board, agreeing to cease operations by 2014.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/22/03 047791528  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/22/03 047791528
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/28/04  House: Continued to 2005 in A., C. & N. R. (22-Y 0-N)