H.B. 121

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AIR QUALITY REVISIONS
2 2014 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Rebecca P. Edwards
5 Senate Sponsor: Todd Weiler
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the rulemaking authority of the Division of Air Quality.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . authorizes the Division of Air Quality to create rules that are more stringent than
13 corresponding federal regulations if additional regulations will provide added
14 protections to public health and the environment; and
15 . makes technical changes.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 19-2-106 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1991, Chapter 112
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 19-2-106 is amended to read:
26 19-2-106. Rulemaking authority and procedure.
27 (1) [Except as provided in Subsection (2), no rule which the] In carrying out the duties

28 of Section 19-2-104 , the board [makes] may make rules for the purpose of administering a
29 program under the federal Clean Air Act [may be] more stringent than the corresponding
30 federal regulations which address the same circumstances[.] if:
31 (a) the board holds a public comment period, as described in Title 63G, Chapter 3,
32 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and a public hearing; and
33 (b) the board finds that the more stringent rule will provide essential added protections
34 to public health or the environment of the state or a particular region of the state.
35 (2) The findings described in Subsection (1)(b) shall:
36 (a) be in writing; and
37 (b) refer to the evidence, studies, or other information contained in the record that
38 forms the basis for the board's decision.
39 (3) In making rules, the board may incorporate by reference corresponding federal
40 regulations.
41 [(2) The board may make rules more stringent than corresponding federal regulations
42 for the purpose described in Subsection (1), only if it makes a written finding after public
43 comment and hearing and based on evidence in the record, that corresponding federal
44 regulations are not adequate to protect public health and the environment of the state. Those
45 findings shall be accompanied by an opinion referring to and evaluating the public health and
46 environmental information and studies contained in the record which form the basis for the
47 board's conclusion.]




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