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2005 SESSION

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HB 2546 Electric generating facilities; to meet emissions reductions in severe nonattainment area.

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, (ii) limit annual nitrogen oxide emissions to an amount no greater than 25 percent of the facility's 1997 nitrogen oxide emissions, and (iii) remove 99 percent of particulate matter PM10 and smaller from emissions as compared to the unit's emissions without environmental controls. Also, this bill prohibits any electric generating facility from operating after January 1, 2009, unless it has complied with the above emission reduction requirements or entered into a consent decree with the State Air Pollution Control Board or its designee, agreeing to cease operations by January 1, 2014.


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