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Committee deadlocks on bill limiting ADEQ use of certain emissions in SIP planning
Summary
The committee failed to advance Senate Bill 11‑28, which would have limited the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s consideration of emissions originating outside the U.S. and required officials to weigh the 'best interest of the taxpayer' when revising state implementation plans under the Clean Air Act.
A contentious review of air-quality rules ended with the Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee failing to advance Senate Bill 11‑28 on a tie vote.
Senate Bill 11‑28 would have rewritten factors the director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality must consider when revising the state implementation plan (SIP) for attaining national ambient air quality standards. The bill directed the director to account for the “best interest of the taxpayer” and “all causal factors affecting air quality,” and—crucially—prohibited consideration of emissions that originate outside…
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