Senate File 485 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                           RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 153)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring consideration of greenhouse gas emissions in
  2    issuing specified air quality permits.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2223SV 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.131, Code 2007, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  "Greenhouse gas" means carbon
  1  4 dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons,
  1  5 perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 455B.134, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code
  1  7 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  8    d.  (1)  All applications for conditional permits for
  1  9 electric power generating facilities shall be subject to such
  1 10 notice and opportunity for public participation as may be
  1 11 consistent with chapter 476A or any agreement pursuant thereto
  1 12 under chapter 28E.  The applicant or intervenor may appeal to
  1 13 the commission from the denial of a conditional permit or any
  1 14 of its conditions.  For the purposes of chapter 476A, the
  1 15 issuance or denial of a conditional permit by the director or
  1 16 by the commission upon appeal shall be a determination that
  1 17 the electric power generating facility does or does not meet
  1 18 the permit and licensing requirements of the commission. The
  1 19 issuance of a conditional permit shall not relieve the
  1 20 applicant of the responsibility to submit final and detailed
  1 21 construction plans and drawings and an application for a
  1 22 construction permit for control equipment that will meet the
  1 23 emission limitations established in the conditional permit.
  1 24    (2)  In evaluating applications for conditional permits for
  1 25 electric power generating facilities the director or the
  1 26 commission shall, in addition to other applicable factors,
  1 27 quantify the potential to emit greenhouse gas emissions due to
  1 28 the proposed project.
  1 29    Sec. 3.  Section 455B.134, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  1 30 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 31    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  All applications for construction
  1 32 permits or prevention of significant deterioration permits
  1 33 shall quantify the potential to emit greenhouse gas emissions
  1 34 due to the proposed project.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill requires the environmental protection commission
  2  2 and the director of the department of natural resources to
  2  3 quantify the potential for emission of greenhouse gases by
  2  4 applicants for conditional permits for electric power
  2  5 generating facilities, and for applications for construction
  2  6 permits or prevention of significant deterioration permits, in
  2  7 determining whether to grant such permits for a proposed
  2  8 project.  The bill defines a "greenhouse gas" as carbon
  2  9 dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons,
  2 10 perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
  2 11 LSB 2223SV 82
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