Citations Affected: Noncode.
Synopsis: Regulation of endangered industries. Extends to July 1,
2006, the prohibition against adoption of a new rule by an
environmental rulemaking board or adoption of a new policy by the
department of environmental management if the new rule or policy
would require certain industries to comply with standards of conduct
that exceed federal standards. Excepts from the prohibition adoption of
a new rule by the air pollution control board that is necessary to attain
or maintain certain air quality standards.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 6, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
January 22, 2004, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning environmental law.
SECTION 1. P.L.231-2003, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ
AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] SECTION 6. (a)
Except as provided in subsection (b), before July 1, 2005, 2006, the:
(1) air pollution control board, water pollution control board, or
solid waste management board may not adopt a new rule; and
(2) department of environmental management may not adopt a
new policy;
if the new rule or policy would require any industry described in
subsection (b) that experienced at least a ten percent (10%) job loss or
a ten percent (10%) decline in production during calendar years 2001,
and 2002, and 2003 to comply with a standard of conduct that exceeds
the standard established in a related federal regulation or regulatory
policy.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the adoption of a new rule
by the air pollution control board that is necessary to attain or
maintain the primary or secondary national ambient air quality
standards as part of a state implementation plan submitted to the
United States Environmental Protection Agency under Section 110
of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410a).
(b) (c) The following are the industries referred to in subsection (a)
functioning under the following primary Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) codes:
(1) Blast furnaces and steel mills (3312).
(2) Gray and ductile iron foundries (3321).
(3) Malleable iron foundries (3322).
(4) Steel investment foundries (3324).
(5) Steel foundries (3325).
(6) Aluminum foundries (3365).
(7) Copper foundries (3366).
(8) Nonferrous foundries (3369).
(c) (d) This SECTION expires July 1, 2005. 2006.
SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.