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AZ SB1193
Bill
Status
4/28/2010
Primary Sponsor
Stephen Pierce
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AI Summary
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Amends section 49-457 of Arizona Revised Statutes to modify enforcement timelines for agricultural activities not complying with general air quality permits.
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Reduces the compliance period from six months to sixty days for persons engaged in regulated agricultural activities to submit a best management practices plan to natural resource conservation district supervisors or the Department of Environmental Quality.
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Establishes state preemption over local regulation of PM-10 particulate emissions from regulated agricultural activities, preventing counties, cities, towns or other political subdivisions from imposing additional regulations.
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Maintains the Agricultural Best Management Practices Committee's authority to develop and modify best management practices for reducing PM-10 emissions from commercial farming, dairies, cattle feedlots, poultry facilities, and swine facilities.
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Preserves the director's ability to revoke an agricultural general permit and require an individual permit under section 49-426 if a person fails to comply with a submitted plan.
Legislative Description
Agricultural best management practices; enforcement
Last Action
Governor Signed
4/28/2010