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MO SB142

Bill

Status

Vetoed

7/10/2015

Primary Sponsor

Gary Romine

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds section 640.090 to RSMo requiring the Department of Natural Resources to prepare implementation impact reports when developing state plans for EPA submission related to Clean Air Act nonattainment areas, carbon emissions standards, or Clean Water Act non-point source management

  • Implementation impact reports must be submitted to the governor, joint committee on government accountability, senate president pro tempore, and house speaker 45 calendar days prior to EPA submission, and posted on the department's website for at least one year

  • Reports must address 13 criteria including economic impact on businesses and lower income populations, technology costs and feasibility, impact on state tax revenue, effects on energy reliability, citizen health impacts based on peer-reviewed evidence, and cost-benefit analysis

  • Department must hold stakeholder meetings with specified groups before submitting plans: electric generators, industrial energy consumers, citizen groups, and renewable energy groups for air quality plans; agricultural, municipal, industrial, environmental, and citizen groups for water quality plans

  • Joint committee on government accountability may conduct at least two public hearings within 45 days of receiving the report and may request EPA representative attendance

Legislative Description

Requires the Department of Natural Resources to take certain actions when submitting certain plans the Environmental Protection Agency

Last Action

Vetoed by Governor

7/10/2015

Committee Referrals

Select Committee on Utilities4/29/2015
Energy and the Environment4/27/2015
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy And The Environment1/22/2015

Full Bill Text

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