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ND SCR4017
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/11/2023
Primary Sponsor
Greg Kessel
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AI Summary
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Urges the EPA Administrator to reinstate and follow the October 17, 2017 memorandum that banned "sue and settle" litigation practices and required due process and cooperative federalism in consent decrees and settlement agreements
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Calls on the EPA to consider public and private fiscal impacts, food security, and energy security when promulgating and enforcing environmental regulations
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Opposes the March 18, 2022 revocation of the 2017 memorandum by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and the subsequent return to litigation-based regulation
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Directs the North Dakota Secretary of State to send copies of this resolution via certified mail to the EPA Administrator, U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy, and other federal officials and the North Dakota Congressional Delegation
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution urging the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to fully reinstate, and strictly abide by the October 17, 2017, memorandum titled Adhering to the Fundamental Principles of Due Process, Rule of Law, and Cooperative Federalism in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements; to promulgate and enforce only environmental regulations that appropriately take into account public and private fiscal impacts as well as the nation's continuing food security and energy security; and to defer to and work together in good faith with all sovereign states in the spirit of cooperative federalism.
Last Action
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11
4/11/2023