General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 997
January Session, 2017 *_____SB00997ENV___032317____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 997
January Session, 2017
*_____SB00997ENV___032317____*
AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S KELP INDUSTRY AND THE STATE'S NITROGEN CREDIT EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2018, the Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board, established pursuant to section 22a-523 of the general statutes, shall develop a recommendation for the utilization of kelp grown in the state for nitrogen removal construction projects under the nitrogen credit exchange program established pursuant to section 22a-524 of the general statutes. Upon review and approval of such recommendation, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish a policy, pursuant to subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of section 22a-524 of the general statutes, for the use of kelp grown in the state in such nitrogen removal construction projects.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
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