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Senate Bill No. 251-Committee on Natural Resources
April 2, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources
SUMMARY--Revises provisions relating to fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants. (BDR 40-1366)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to air pollution; establishing certain requirements for the establishment of fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants by local air pollution control agencies; providing that fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants must be established to achieve air quality standards that protect the health of the residents of this state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 445B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
Before a district board of health, county board of health or board of county commissioners, pursuant to the authority granted to it by NRS 445B.500, enacts an ordinance or adopts a regulation establishing fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants, the district board of health, county board of health or board of county commissioners shall:
1. Determine the cost effectiveness of the proposed ordinance or regulation by comparing it with other methods of controlling pollution.
2. Determine whether the proposed ordinance or regulation is technologically feasible based on evidence presented to the district board of health, county board of health or board of county commissioners relating to the availability, effectiveness, reliability and safety of any proposed technology when it is used for its proposed use.
3. Conduct public meetings to consult with public and private entities that would be significantly affected by the proposed ordinance or regulation.
Sec. 2 NRS 445B.210 is hereby amended to read as follows:
445B.210 The commission may:
1. Subject to the provisions of NRS 445B.215, adopt regulations consistent with the general intent and purposes of NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, to prevent, abate and control air pollution.
2. Establish standards for air quality.
3. Require access to records relating to emissions which cause or contribute to air pollution.
4. Cooperate with other governmental agencies, including other states and the Federal Government.
5. Establish such requirements for the control of emissions as may be necessary to prevent, abate or control air pollution.
6. By regulation:
(a) Designate as a hazardous air pollutant any substance which, on or after October 1, 1993, is on the federal list of hazardous air pollutants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7412(b); and
(b) Delete from designation as a hazardous air pollutant any substance which, after October 1, 1993, is deleted from the federal list of hazardous air pollutants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7412(b),
based upon the commission's determination of the extent to which such a substance presents a risk to the public health.
7. Hold hearings [for purposes of implementing] to carry out the provisions of NRS 445B.100 to 445B.640, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, except as otherwise provided in [such] those sections.
8. Establish fuel standards for both stationary and mobile sources of air contaminants. Fuel standards for mobile sources of air contaminants must be established to achieve air quality standards that protect the health of the residents of the State of Nevada.
9. Require elimination of devices or practices which cannot be reasonably allowed without generation of undue amounts of air contaminants.