Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF3078

Establishing limits for emissions from electric generating facilities; requiring
the pollution control agency to require electric generating facilities to meet
current new source performance standards under the federal clean air act as a
condition of receiving a new or renewed air emissions permit, authorizing the
PCA to waive the requirement for facilities converting to natural gas as a
primary fuel source; requiring the PCA by a certain date to establish and
implement a system for monitoring the quantity of pollutants emitted by electric
generating facilities and to adopt rules establishing a schedule for specific
changes in fuel, technology, pollution control equipment or operations at coal
fired facilities permitting the attainment of the emissions limits and governing
the appropriate disposal of mercury and other hazardous wastes recovered through
emissions control methods or technology; authorizing the PCA to order public
utilities to submit proposals for emissions reduction rider projects (mk)