HB 3126 Summary

• Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate whether federal government activities are adversely impacting visibility and air quality in Class I federal areas in Oklahoma and whether federal entities are taking reasonable steps to remedy such impacts.

• Requires federal land managers of mandatory Class I federal areas to develop visibility evaluation plans and submit them to the Department of Environmental Quality for approval as part of the state implementation plan, with costs borne by the federal government.

• Mandates federal land management agencies provide emission inventories of all activities in Oklahoma and other states affecting mandatory Class I federal areas to the Department by December 31, 2020, and every five years thereafter.

• Authorizes the Department to use federal emission inventory data to develop control strategies, incorporate into environmental impact statements, and exercise state powers under Section 118 of the federal Clean Air Act to reduce visibility-impairing emissions from federal lands.

• Becomes effective November 1, 2014.