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SB 651 Air emissions control; Department of Environmental Quality shall promulgate regulations.
... notes | add to my profilesSUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Air emission controls. Establishes a phased schedule for electric generating units in Virginia to reduce their emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and mercury. The Air Pollution Control Board is charged with promulgating the regulations that require specific numerical reductions in each pollutant. The bill allows regulated facilities to participate in the EPA-administered cap and trade system; however, the Board can prohibit facilities in nonattainment areas from purchasing allowances in order to meet their NOx and SO2 obligations. The bill also requires the Board to adopt the federal Clean Air Mercury Rule as well as adopt a state-specific rule for mercury. Under the state specific rule, smaller electric generating units would be able to participate in the trading program. The medium size systems (American Electric Power) would not be able to demonstrate compliance under the state-specific rule by purchasing credits, but would be (i) allowed to obtain credits from facilities within their system and within 200 km of the Virginia border and (ii) able to sell excess credits. Although large systems (Dominion Resources) would not be able to demonstrate compliance under the state-specific rule by purchasing credits, they would be able to sell excess credits and would be able to use credits from Virginia facilities within their system to demonstrate compliance. Dominion Resources would be required to demonstrate early reductions in NOx during 2007 and 2008, and these reductions can be banked or sold and used to demonstrate compliance in 2009. The Board is prohibited from imposing anything more stringent than the federal Maximum Achievable Control Technology rule for coke ovens for air toxics and steel smelters that accept scrap metal from automobile recycling subject to the mercury switch recycling program. Under the bill, the Department of Environmental Quality is required to conduct a detailed assessment of mercury deposition in Virginia to determine whether there is justification to undertake additional measures to control mercury emissions in Virginia. The Department's findings and recommendations are to be reported to the committees of oversight no later than October 15, 2008. This bill is identical to HB 1055.
FULL TEXT
- 01/18/06 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 063876792 pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 067273792-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067283792-H1 pdf
- 03/08/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB651ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/19/06 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB651ER2) pdf
- 04/19/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0920) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/18/06 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 063876792
- 01/18/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/24/06 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Emission Control
- 02/06/06 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 067273792-S1
- 02/07/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/06 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 067273792-S1
- 02/08/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB651S1
- 02/09/06 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/06 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/06 House: Read first time
- 02/14/06 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/22/06 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/06 House: Committee substitute printed 067283792-H1
- 02/23/06 House: Read second time
- 02/24/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/06 House: Read third time
- 02/27/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 067283792-H1
- 02/27/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB651H1
- 02/27/06 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/06 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB651ER)
- 03/09/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/11/06 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/18/06 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/19/06 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Senate: VOTE: (37-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled
- 04/19/06 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/19/06 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/19/06 House: Enacted, Chapter 920 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/19/06 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB651ER2)
- 04/19/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0920)