NY State Senate Bill 2015-S933A

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Apr 13, 2016	print number 933a
Apr 13, 2016	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 06, 2016	referred to environmental conservation
Jan 07, 2015	referred to environmental conservation

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2015-S933 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 19 Title 13 §§19-1301 - 19-1307, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1209, S4315
2011-2012: S2742
2013-2014: S735
2017-2018: S1584

2015-S933 - Summary

Relates to global warming pollution control; establishes greenhouse gas limits and a greenhouse gas reporting system.

2015-S933 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S933

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to global warming pollution control

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) to promulgate rules and regulations establishing
limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would:

* define greenhouse gas to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
oxide, hydro fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluroide, and
any other gas determined by the DEC to be a significant contributor to
global warming;

* authorize the DEC to promulgate rules and regulations, by May 1,
2016, requiring annual greenhouse gas emission reporting from
greenhouse gas emission sources;

* require the DEC to issue a report on the annual greenhouse gas
emissions and the progress made in achieving reduction efforts;

* require the DEC, after a public hearing, to promulgate rules and
regulations establishing a limit on greenhouse gas emissions;

* require the emissions limit to:

o be less than the aggregate level of emissions for 1990;
o decrease by an additional ten percent every 5 years, beginning with
a reduction of 20 percent by 2022; and,
o be less than 80 percent of the initial limit by 2052

* prohibit DEC from adopting a regulation that would place or increase
an additional environmental or health burden on a community that has a
higher level of regulated air contaminant source emissions within the
community as compared with the county average; and,

* require DEC to include a plan to address adaptation to climate
change.

JUSTIFICATION:

Global warming will have detrimental effects on the economic
well-being, public health, natural resources and the environment. The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, awarded the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize, projected that temperatures would rise more rapidly if
greenhouse gases are not abated. The Panel concluded that reducing
emissions 80 percent below current emissions by mid-century would
prevent the worst impacts of global warming. This legislation seeks to
accomplish that goal and at the same time provide opportunity for
public involvement and input into the regulatory process in order to
ensure that the resulting emission limits do not impose undue


environmental or economic hardship. Seven other states have adopted
laws to establish greenhouse gas emission standards.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-12: S.2742-B/A.5346-A(Sweeney) (Passed Assembly 2012)
2009-10: S.4315-C (Thompson)/A.11507-B(Sweeney) S.4315-A
(Thompson)/A.7572-A Sweeney
2008: S.8100 (Thompson)/A.10302 Sweeney

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S933 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   933

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GIANAR-
  IS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER,  MONTGOMERY,  PARKER,
  PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  global warming pollution control

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings. Global warming poses a serious threat
to  the  economic well-being, public health, natural resources and envi-
ronment of New York. The potential adverse  impacts  of  global  warming
include  the  exacerbation  of  air quality problems, a reduction in the
quality and supply of water to the state, a rise in sea levels resulting
in the displacement of coastal businesses, residents and infrastructure,
damage to marine ecosystems and the natural environment, and an increase
in the incidences  of  infectious  diseases,  asthma,  and  other  human
health-related  problems.   Global warming will have detrimental effects
on some of New York's largest industries, including  agriculture,  tour-
ism, skiing, recreational and commercial fishing and forestry.
  The  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, awarded the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize, determined that burning coal, oil and gas has led to higher
temperatures that are already impacting physical and biological systems.
The panel also projected temperatures would rise more rapidly if  green-
house  gases are not abated. The panel concluded that reducing emissions
80 percent below current emissions  by  mid-century  would  prevent  the
worst impacts of global warming.
  National  and international actions are necessary to fully address the
issue of global warming. Action taken by New York and  other  states  to
reduce  emissions  of greenhouse gases will have far-reaching effects by
encouraging the federal government, and other countries to act including

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01924-01-5

S. 933                              2

encouraging the development of sustainable,  non-polluting  technologies
such as solar, wind, geothermal and ocean currents.
  S  2.  Article  19 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
                                TITLE 13
                    GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION CONTROL

SECTION 19-1301. SHORT TITLE.
        19-1303. DEFINITIONS.
        19-1305. GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING.
        19-1307. GREENHOUSE GAS LIMITS.
S 19-1301. SHORT TITLE.
  THIS TITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE "GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION CONTROL ACT".
S 19-1303. DEFINITIONS.
  WHEN USED IN THIS TITLE:
  1. "GREENHOUSE GAS" MEANS  CARBON  DIOXIDE,  METHANE,  NITROUS  OXIDE,
HYDROFLUOROCARBONS, PERFLUOROCARBONS, SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE, AND ANY OTHER
GAS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO
GLOBAL WARMING.
  2. "GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION SOURCE" MEANS ANY SOURCE  OR  CATEGORY  OF
SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
ED TO EMISSIONS:
  (A)  ASSOCIATED  WITH  FOSSIL FUELS USED IN THE STATE BY ENTITIES THAT
ARE MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF FOSSIL FUELS, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO,  OIL  REFINERIES,  OIL  STORAGE FACILITIES, AND NATURAL GAS
PIPELINES;
  (B) FROM ANY UTILITY GENERATING OR DELIVERING ELECTRICITY CONSUMED  IN
THE  STATE, WHETHER THE ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED IN THE STATE, OR GENER-
ATED OUTSIDE THE STATE AND IMPORTED INTO THE STATE, AND  ACCOUNTING  FOR
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LINE LOSSES; AND
  (C)  FROM  ANY  ADDITIONAL  ENTITIES  THAT  ARE EMITTERS OF GREENHOUSE
GASES, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND APPROPRIATE  TO  ENABLE  THE
DEPARTMENT  TO  MONITOR  COMPLIANCE WITH THE EMISSIONS LIMITS FOR GREEN-
HOUSE GASES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE.
S 19-1305. GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING.
  1. NO LATER THAN MAY 1, 2016, THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES
AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORTING FROM
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION SOURCES. THE REGULATIONS SHALL:
  (A)  INCLUDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
SOURCES EXPRESSED IN TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS;
  (B) ENSURE  RIGOROUS  AND  CONSISTENT  ACCOUNTING  OF  EMISSIONS,  AND
PROVIDE  REPORTING  TOOLS  AND FORMATS TO ENSURE COLLECTION OF NECESSARY
DATA; AND
  (C) ENSURE THAT EACH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION SOURCE MAINTAINS  COMPRE-
HENSIVE  EMISSIONS  RECORDS  OF ANY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTED FOR AT LEAST
FIVE YEARS.
  2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
  (A) PERIODICALLY REVIEW AND UPDATE ITS EMISSION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS; AND
  (B) MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO MAKE ITS REPORTING REGULATIONS CONSIST-
ENT WITH INTERNATIONAL, FEDERAL AND OTHER STATES' GREENHOUSE  GAS  EMIS-
SION REPORTING PROGRAMS.
  3.  NO  LATER  THAN JANUARY 1, 2018, AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON:

S. 933                              3

  (A) THE ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL GREENHOUSE GAS  EMIS-
SION SOURCES, INCLUDING THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF EACH GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION SOURCE TO STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; AND
  (B)  THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ACHIEVING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF SECTION 19-1307 OF THIS TITLE.
S 19-1307. GREENHOUSE GAS LIMITS.
  1. NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 2018, THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER A PUBLIC HEAR-
ING, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS SETTING AN ENFORCEABLE LIMIT
ON THE AGGREGATE LEVEL OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM  ALL  GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSION SOURCES PROVIDED; HOWEVER, THE AGGREGATE LIMIT SHALL NOT BE
GREATER  THAN THE AGGREGATE LEVEL OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR CALEN-
DAR YEAR 1990.
  2. (A) ON JANUARY 1, 2022 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 20 PERCENT.
  (B)  ON  JANUARY  1,  2027 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 30 PERCENT.
  (C) ON JANUARY 1, 2032 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 40 PERCENT.
  (D)  ON  JANUARY  1,  2037 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 50 PERCENT.
  (E) ON JANUARY 1, 2042 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 60 PERCENT.
  (F)  ON  JANUARY  1,  2047 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 70 PERCENT.
  (G) ON JANUARY 1, 2052, AND EACH  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  THE  LIMIT  SHALL
REMAIN  AT  80 PERCENT BELOW THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION.
  3. ANY RULE OR REGULATION THE COMMISSIONER ADOPTS TO COMPLY WITH  THIS
SECTION MUST:
  (A) NOT PLACE OR INCREASE AN ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH BURDEN
ON    A  COMMUNITY THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF REGULATED AIR CONTAM-
INANT SOURCE EMISSIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS COMPARED WITH THE  COUNTY
AVERAGE;
  (B) BE COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS PROGRAMS; AND
  (C)  INCLUDE A PLAN TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE TO ADDRESS ADAPTATION TO
CLIMATE CHANGE INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  TERRESTRIAL  AND  AQUATIC
HABITATS,  PLANTS  AND  ANIMAL  SPECIES,  CONNECTIVITY  OF HABITATS, AND
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED  BY  NATURAL  RESOURCES  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
LIMITED TO FLOOD CONTROL AND DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 19 Title 13 §§19-1301 - 19-1307, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1209, S4315
2011-2012: S2742
2013-2014: S735
2017-2018: S1584

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to global warming pollution control; establishes greenhouse gas limits and a greenhouse gas reporting system.

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S933A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the environmental conservation law,
in relation to global warming pollution control

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) to promulgate rules and regulations establishing
limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

This bill would:

*define greenhouse gas to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
oxide, hydro fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluroide, and
any other gas determined by the DEC to be a significant contributor to
global warming;

*authorize the DEC to promulgate rules and regulations, by May 1,
2017, requiring annual greenhouse gas emission reporting from
greenhouse gas emission sources;

*require the DEC to issue a report on the annual greenhouse gas
emissions and the progress made in achieving reduction efforts;

*require the DEC, after a public hearing, to promulgate rules and
regulations establishing a limit on greenhouse gas emissions;

*require the emissions limit to: Be less than the aggregate level of
emissions for 1990; Decrease by an additional ten percent every 5
years, beginning with a reduction of 20 percent by 2023; and Be less
than 80 percent of the initial limit by 2053

*prohibit DEC from adopting a regulation that would place or increase
an additional environmental or health burden on a community that has a
higher level of regulated air contaminant source emissions within the
community as compared with the county average; and,

*require DEC to include a plan to address adaptation to climate
change.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Global warming will have detrimental effects on the economic
wellbeing, public health, natural resources and the environment. The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, awarded the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize, projected that temperatures would rise more rapidly if
greenhouse gases are not abated. The Panel concluded that reducing
emissions 80 percent below current emissions by mid-century would
prevent the worst impacts of global warming. This legislation seeks to
accomplish that goal and at the same time provide opportunity for
public involvement and input into the regulatory process in order to
ensure that the resulting emission limits do not impose undue
environmental or economic hardship. Seven other states have adopted
laws to establish greenhouse gas emission standards.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2013-14: S.735
2011-12: S.2742-B/A.5346-A(Sweeney) (Passed Assembly 2012)
2009-10: S.4315-C (Thompson)/A.11507-B(Sweeney)
2008: S.8100 (Thompson)/A.10302 Sweeney

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 933--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GIANAR-
  IS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER,  MONTGOMERY,  PARKER,
  PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  -- recommitted to the
  Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule
  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  global warming pollution control

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings. Global warming poses a serious threat
to  the  economic well-being, public health, natural resources and envi-
ronment of New York. The potential adverse  impacts  of  global  warming
include  the  exacerbation  of  air quality problems, a reduction in the
quality and supply of water to the state, a rise in sea levels resulting
in the displacement of coastal businesses, residents and infrastructure,
damage to marine ecosystems and the natural environment, and an increase
in the incidences  of  infectious  diseases,  asthma,  and  other  human
health-related  problems.   Global warming will have detrimental effects
on some of New York's largest industries, including  agriculture,  tour-
ism, skiing, recreational and commercial fishing and forestry.
  The  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, awarded the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize, determined that burning coal, oil and gas has led to higher
temperatures that are already impacting physical and biological systems.
The panel also projected temperatures would rise more rapidly if  green-
house  gases are not abated. The panel concluded that reducing emissions
80 percent below current emissions  by  mid-century  would  prevent  the
worst impacts of global warming.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01924-02-6

S. 933--A                           2

  National  and international actions are necessary to fully address the
issue of global warming. Action taken by New York and  other  states  to
reduce  emissions  of greenhouse gases will have far-reaching effects by
encouraging the federal government, and other countries to act including
encouraging  the  development of sustainable, non-polluting technologies
such as solar, wind, geothermal and ocean currents.
  S 2. Article 19 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended  by
adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
                                TITLE 13
                    GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION CONTROL
SECTION 19-1301. SHORT TITLE.
        19-1303. DEFINITIONS.
        19-1305. GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING.
        19-1307. GREENHOUSE GAS LIMITS.
S 19-1301. SHORT TITLE.
  THIS TITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE "GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION CONTROL ACT".
S 19-1303. DEFINITIONS.
  WHEN USED IN THIS TITLE:
  1.  "GREENHOUSE  GAS"  MEANS  CARBON  DIOXIDE, METHANE, NITROUS OXIDE,
HYDROFLUOROCARBONS, PERFLUOROCARBONS, SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE, AND ANY OTHER
GAS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO  BE  A  SIGNIFICANT  CONTRIBUTOR  TO
GLOBAL WARMING.
  2.  "GREENHOUSE  GAS  EMISSION SOURCE" MEANS ANY SOURCE OR CATEGORY OF
SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
ED TO EMISSIONS:
  (A) ASSOCIATED WITH FOSSIL FUELS USED IN THE STATE  BY  ENTITIES  THAT
ARE  MANUFACTURERS  AND DISTRIBUTORS OF FOSSIL FUELS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, OIL REFINERIES, OIL  STORAGE  FACILITIES,  AND  NATURAL  GAS
PIPELINES;
  (B)  FROM ANY UTILITY GENERATING OR DELIVERING ELECTRICITY CONSUMED IN
THE STATE, WHETHER THE ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED IN THE STATE, OR  GENER-
ATED  OUTSIDE  THE STATE AND IMPORTED INTO THE STATE, AND ACCOUNTING FOR
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LINE LOSSES; AND
  (C) FROM ANY ADDITIONAL  ENTITIES  THAT  ARE  EMITTERS  OF  GREENHOUSE
GASES,  AS  DETERMINED  BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND APPROPRIATE TO ENABLE THE
DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE EMISSIONS  LIMITS  FOR  GREEN-
HOUSE GASES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE.
S 19-1305. GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING.
  1.  NO  LATER  THAN MAY 1, 2017, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES
AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORTING FROM
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION SOURCES. THE REGULATIONS SHALL:
  (A) INCLUDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL GREENHOUSE GAS  EMISSION
SOURCES EXPRESSED IN TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS;
  (B)  ENSURE  RIGOROUS  AND  CONSISTENT  ACCOUNTING  OF  EMISSIONS, AND
PROVIDE REPORTING TOOLS AND FORMATS TO ENSURE  COLLECTION  OF  NECESSARY
DATA; AND
  (C)  ENSURE THAT EACH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION SOURCE MAINTAINS COMPRE-
HENSIVE EMISSIONS RECORDS OF ANY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTED  FOR  AT  LEAST
FIVE YEARS.
  2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
  (A) PERIODICALLY REVIEW AND UPDATE ITS EMISSION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS; AND
  (B) MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO MAKE ITS REPORTING REGULATIONS CONSIST-
ENT  WITH  INTERNATIONAL, FEDERAL AND OTHER STATES' GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS-
SION REPORTING PROGRAMS.

S. 933--A                           3

  3. NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 2019, AND EVERY  THREE  YEARS  THEREAFTER,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT ON:
  (A)  THE ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS-
SION SOURCES, INCLUDING THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF EACH GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION SOURCE TO STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; AND
  (B) THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ACHIEVING THE  REQUIREMENTS
OF SECTION 19-1307 OF THIS TITLE.
S 19-1307. GREENHOUSE GAS LIMITS.
  1. NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 2019, THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER A PUBLIC HEAR-
ING, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS SETTING AN ENFORCEABLE LIMIT
ON  THE  AGGREGATE LEVEL OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSION SOURCES PROVIDED; HOWEVER, THE AGGREGATE LIMIT SHALL NOT BE
GREATER THAN THE AGGREGATE LEVEL OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR  CALEN-
DAR YEAR 1990.
  2.  (A) ON JANUARY 1, 2023 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 20 PERCENT.
  (B) ON JANUARY 1, 2028 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 30 PERCENT.
  (C)  ON  JANUARY  1,  2033 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 40 PERCENT.
  (D) ON JANUARY 1, 2038 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 50 PERCENT.
  (E)  ON  JANUARY  1,  2043 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 60 PERCENT.
  (F) ON JANUARY 1, 2048 THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 70 PERCENT.
  (G)  ON  JANUARY  1,  2053,  AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE LIMIT SHALL
REMAIN AT 80 PERCENT BELOW THE LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
THIS SECTION.
  3.  ANY RULE OR REGULATION THE COMMISSIONER ADOPTS TO COMPLY WITH THIS
SECTION MUST:
  (A) NOT PLACE OR INCREASE AN ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH BURDEN
ON  A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF  REGULATED  AIR  CONTAM-
INANT  SOURCE EMISSIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS COMPARED WITH THE COUNTY
AVERAGE;
  (B) BE COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS PROGRAMS; AND
  (C) INCLUDE A PLAN TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE TO ADDRESS ADAPTATION  TO
CLIMATE  CHANGE  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC
HABITATS, PLANTS AND  ANIMAL  SPECIES,  CONNECTIVITY  OF  HABITATS,  AND
ECOSYSTEM  SERVICES  PROVIDED  BY  NATURAL  RESOURCES  INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO FLOOD CONTROL AND DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S933A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

Bill Amendments

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2015-S933 - Details

2015-S933 - Summary

2015-S933 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S933 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S933A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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2015-S933 - Details

2015-S933 - Summary

2015-S933 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S933 - Bill Text download pdf

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