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2020 SESSION

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SB 1075 Environmental Quality, Department of; public comment.

Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

State Air Pollution Control Board; public notification. Requires that the Air Pollution Control Board require the applicant to take certain public notice actions, prior to granting any variance to an existing regulation or issuing any permit for (i) a new fossil fuel-fired generating facility with a capacity of 500 megawatts or more, (ii) a major modification to an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired generating facility with a capacity of 500 megawatts or more, (iii) a new fossil fuel-fired compressor station facility used to transport natural gas, or (iv) a major modification to an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired compressor station facility used to transport natural gas, if the Board finds that there is a locality particularly affected by such variance or permit.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Department of Environmental Quality; public notification. Requires that the Department of Environmental Quality, prior to promulgating regulations or issuing a permit, publish in any affected locality information about how to request a public hearing and where to obtain information about the proposed action. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Environmental Quality; public comment. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to afford interested persons, for any nonemergency, nonexempt regulatory action, an opportunity, for at least 60 days, to (i) submit data, views, and arguments, either orally or in writing, to theDepartment and (ii) be accompanied by and represented by counsel or other representative.