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ID S1373
Bill
Status
3/6/2014
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary and Rules Committee
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AI Summary
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Amends Idaho Code Chapter 36, Title 39 by adding Section 39-3640 to authorize water quality pollutant trading as a voluntary means of meeting regulatory requirements
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Defines "water quality pollutant trade" as a voluntary transaction where a person discharges or proposes to discharge a pollutant into a water body pursuant to a permit by obtaining pollutant reductions from another source
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Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to review, approve, and certify water quality pollutant trades, trading frameworks, and verification methods for water quality attainment innovations
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Empowers the board to adopt rules relating to water quality pollutant trading as necessary
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Declares an emergency and makes the act effective upon passage and approval
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law to provide that specified provisions of law shall be developed and administered to support and maximize opportunities for water quality pollutant trading and other innovative, voluntary means of attaining and maintaining water quality standards and to authorize the Department of Environmental Quality to take certain action relating to water quality pollutant trading and other water quality attainment innovations.
WATER QUALITY
Last Action
U.C. to be Held at Desk
3/18/2014