Date: 02/06/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1309

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole. The
Substitute motion to postpone indefinitely. The m		PASS
FAIL


07:09 PM -- House Bill 06-1309

Representative McGihon, sponsor, presented the bill increasing the authority of the Air Quality Control Commission to make changes to the State Implementation Plan (SIP). She described differences between HB 1309 and HB 1113

The following persons testified.

07:11 PM -- Heidi Wagner, Tristate Generation and Transmission, spoke in opposition to the bill. She stated it creates duplicative regulations. She answered questions about how Tristate will respond to changes in clean air regulations. Representative Reisberg discussed his position on maintaining clean air in Colorado. Ms. Wagner discussed Colorado's SIP and state-only clean air laws. She described a current court case regarding the New Source Review (NSR) program.

07:28 PM -- Ray Clifton, Colorado Rural Electric Association, stated his opposition to the bill. He stated the country's air quality is continuing to improve regardless of regulation. Air quality is a regional issue, and western states have some of the country's cleanest air. Mr. Clifton stated stringent regulations will cause the loss of economic benefits to Colorado.

07:34 PM -- Diane Orf, Colorado Mining Association, CEED, and Colorado Springs Utilities, spoke in opposition to the bill. She discussed issues related to increase mercury emissions.

07:37 PM -- Stan Dempsey, Colorado Petroleum Association, spoke in opposition to the bill. He discussed 1992 legislation that prohibited the adoption of SIP language that is more stringent than federal standards. He discussed the bill's agricultural exemption, the oxygenated fuels program, and NSR revisions.

07:47 PM -- Donna Moody, Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, spoke in opposition to the bill. She answered questions about regulations that are more or less stringent than federal laws.

07:50 PM -- Kristen Thomson, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, spoke in support of the bill. She stated the use of biofuels will bring benefits to rural communities.

07:51 PM -- Greg Thomas, City and County of Denver, spoke in support of the bill. He discussed industry's opposition to NSR requirements. He listed the membership of the Local Government Coalition.

07:54 PM -- Vicki Patton, Rocky Mountain Environmental Defense, discussed recent Montana actions on NSR. She distributed two documents to members (One was made available to staff (Attachment W).


07:57 PM

Representative McGihon made concluding remarks.
BILL:HB06-1309
TIME: 07:58:51 PM
MOVED:Cloer
MOTION:Substitute motion to postpone indefinitely. The motion failed 4-7.
SECONDED:Lundberg
VOTE
Berens
Yes
Clapp
Excused
Cloer
Yes
Green
No
Lundberg
Yes
McGihon
No
Riesberg
No
Soper
No
Stafford
Yes
Sullivan
Excused
Weissmann
No
Frangas
No
Boyd
No
Not Final YES: 4 NO: 7 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL
BILL:HB06-1309
TIME: 07:59:43 PM
MOVED:McGihon
MOTION:Refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed 7-4.
SECONDED:Riesberg
VOTE
Berens
No
Clapp
Excused
Cloer
No
Green
Yes
Lundberg
No
McGihon
Yes
Riesberg
Yes
Soper
Yes
Stafford
No
Sullivan
Excused
Weissmann
Yes
Frangas
Yes
Boyd
Yes
Final YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



08:02 PM

The committee adjourned.