SB 676 Summary

• Amends Oklahoma Clean Air Act (27 A O.S. 2011, Section 2-5-104) to add definition of "state compliance plan" as any document required to be submitted to the EPA or federal agencies for attaining national ambient air quality standards or other federal pollution standards.

• Requires proposed state compliance plans under Federal Clean Air Act Section 111 to balance costs on industry and consumers, consider impacts on local regulations and small businesses, include enforcement and monitoring planning, and consider lowest reasonable energy costs while maintaining grid reliability.

• Mandates Department of Environmental Quality submit proposed state compliance plans to Oklahoma Attorney General no later than two months before EPA submission for legal review of compliance with state and federal law.

• Requires Attorney General to notify Department of Environmental Quality, Governor, Speaker of House, and President Pro Tempore of Senate if proposed plan does not meet statutory requirements.

• Prohibits Oklahoma from submitting state compliance plans that violate state or federal law and prevents private individuals or entities from using this section to invalidate or challenge a plan in court.