S.F. No. 4205 Summary

• Expands the commissioner's enforcement powers to reopen permits and enter into stipulation agreements for water and air pollution control under chapters 115 and 116.

• Prohibits the commissioner from granting extensions to stipulation agreement compliance deadlines based solely on increased costs when parties claim good cause or force majeure.

• Allows the commissioner to require unpermitted facilities to comply with permit terms they should have obtained, including reporting, monitoring, and operations plans, with liability for criminal penalties beginning when the permit should have been obtained.

• Permits injunctions to include requirements for immediate facility closure until the commissioner has reasonable assurance that resumed operations will not violate pollution requirements, cause health harm, or result in serious permit violations.

• Expands emergency order authority to allow immediate facility cessation until the commissioner confirms renewed operations will not result in imminent and substantial danger to public health and welfare.