Bill Summary for Bill Number HB15-1210

Date: 03/16/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1210

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Postpone House Bill 15-1210 indefinitely at the re	PASS

02:16 PM -- HB15-1210

Representative Dore, prime sponsor, asked the committee to postpone indefinitely House Bill 15-1210. Under current law, before they can be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or become effective, new and amended rules required by new or amended regulations proposed or adopted by the EPA require legislative approval. This bill applies to rules pursuant to the federal:

Clean Air Act;

Water Pollution Control Act;

Solid Waste Disposal Act; and

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.

Bills to approve the submission of one or more rules are not counted against the five bill limit for members of the General Assembly.

The Air Quality Control Commission, the Water Quality Control Commission, and the Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission (commissions) in the Department of Public Health (DPHE) are required to submit an annual report to the Legislative Council summarizing all new and amended rules that are required by the EPA to maintain state primacy regarding the enforcement of state environmental law operating in lieu of federal environmental law. The bill repeals a reporting requirement that the Air Quality Control Commission provide an annual report to the Legislative Council that summarizes any additions or changes to the air quality State Implementation Plan (SIP) that are to be submitted to EPA for approval.


BILL:	HB15-1210
TIME:	02:21:44 PM
MOVED:	Neville P.
MOTION:	Postpone House Bill 15-1210 indefinitely at the request of the sponsor. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:	Tate
		VOTE
	Foote	Yes
	Humphrey	Yes
	Lontine	Yes
	Neville P.	Yes
	Primavera	Yes
	Tate	Yes
	Thurlow	Yes
	Tyler	Yes
	Willett	Yes
	Salazar	Yes
	Ryden	Yes

Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS