SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2058
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESAULS.
4058H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection643.055,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe
airconservationcommission.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section643.055,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection643.055,toreadasfollows:
643.055.1.Otherprovisionsoflawnotwithstanding,theMissouriairconservation
2commissionshallhavetheauthoritytopromulgaterulesandregulations,pursuanttochapter
3536,toestablishstandardsandguidelinestoensurethatthestateofMissouriisincompliance
4withtheprovisionsofthefederalCleanAirAct,asamended(42U.S.C.Section7401[,] et
5seq.).Thestandardsandguidelinessoestablishedshall[notbeanystricterthanthose
6requiredunder] meettheprovisionsofthefederalCleanAirAct,asamended[; norshallthose
7standardsandguidelinesbeenforcedinanyareaofthestatepriortothetimerequiredbythe
8federalCleanAirAct,asamended.Therestrictionsofthissectionshallnotapplytotheparts
9ofastateimplementationplandevelopedbythecommissiontobringanonattainmentarea
10intocomplianceandtomaintaincompliancewhenneededtohaveaUnitedStates
11EnvironmentalProtectionAgencyapprovedstateimplementationplan.Thedeterminationof
12whichpartsofastateimplementationplanarenotsubjecttotherestrictionsofthissection
13shallbebaseduponspecificfindingsoffactbytheairconservationcommissionastothe
14rules,regulationsandcriteriathatareneededtohaveaUnitedStatesEnvironmental
15ProtectionAgencyapprovedplan].
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 16 2.TheMissouriairconservationcommissionshallalsohavetheauthoritytogrant
17exceptionsandvariancesfromtherulessetundersubsection1ofthissectionwhentheperson
18applyingfortheexceptionorvariancecanshowthatcompliancewithsuchrules:
19 (1)Wouldcauseeconomichardship;or
20 (2)Isphysicallyimpossible;or
21 (3)Ismoredetrimentaltotheenvironmentthanthevariancewouldbe;or
22 (4)Isimpracticalorofinsignificantvalueundertheexistingconditions.
23 3.Thedepartmentshallnotregulatethemanufacture,performance,oruseof
24residentialwoodburningheatersorappliancesthroughastateimplementationplanor
25otherwise,unlessfirstspecificallyauthorizedtodosobythegeneralassembly.Noruleor
26regulationrespectingtheestablishmentortheenforcementofperformancestandardsfor
27residentialwoodburningheatersorappliancesshallbecomeeffectiveunlessanduntilfirst
28approvedbythejointcommitteeonadministrativerules.
29 4.Newrulesorregulationsshallnotbeappliedtoexistingwoodburningfurnaces,
30stoves,fireplaces,orheatersthatindividualsarecurrentlyusingastheirsourceofheatfor
31theirhomesorbusinesses.Allwoodburningfurnaces,stoves,fireplaces,andheatersexisting
32onAugust28,2014,shallnotbesubjecttoanyrulesorregulationsenactedaftersuchdate.
33Noemployeeofthestateorstateagencyshallenforceanynewrulesorregulationsagainst
34suchexistingwoodburningfurnaces,stoves,fireplaces,andheaters.
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