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| 6 | 6 | | S.101 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Senators Beck, Brennan, Collamore, Douglass, Hart, Heffernan, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ingalls, Mattos, Norris, Weeks, Westman and Williams 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Referred to Committee on 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Date: 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Subject: Conservation and development; air pollution; motor vehicles; 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | emissions 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to prohibit 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Vermont from using California’s Clean Air Act waiver to set motor vehicle 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | emission standards. 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | An act relating to revoking Vermont’s use of California’s Clean Air Act 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | waiver 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 1. 10 V.S.A. § 567 is amended to read: 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | § 567. MOTOR VEHICLE POLLUTION 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles, 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | may provide rules for the control of emissions from motor vehicles. However, 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | the Secretary shall not adopt the California rules for new motor vehicles 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | authorized in the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7507. Such The rules may 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | prescribe requirements for the installation and use of equipment designed to 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.101 |
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| 30 | 30 | | reduce or eliminate emissions and for the proper maintenance of the equipment 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and the vehicles. Rules pursuant to this section shall be consistent with 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provisions of federal law, if any, relating to control of emissions from the 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | vehicles concerned and shall not require, as a condition precedent to the initial 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sale of a vehicle or vehicular equipment, the inspection, certification, or other 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | approval of any feature or equipment designed for the control of emissions 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | from motor vehicles, if the feature or equipment has been certified, approved, 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | or otherwise authorized pursuant to federal law. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | * * * 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 2. 10 V.S.A. § 558 is amended to read: 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | § 558. EMISSION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | The Secretary may establish such emission control requirements, by rule, as 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | in his or her the Secretary’s judgment may be necessary to prevent, abate, or 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | control air pollution. The requirements may be for the State as a whole or may 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | vary from area to area, as may be appropriate to facilitate accomplishment of 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the purposes of this chapter, and in order to take necessary or desirable account 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of varying local conditions. However, the Secretary shall not adopt the 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | California rules for new motor vehicles authorized in the Clean Air Act, 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 42 U.S.C. § 7507. 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.101 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Sec. 3. 10 V.S.A. § 592 is amended to read: 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | § 592. THE VERMONT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | * * * 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (e) The Plan shall form the basis for the rules adopted by the Secretary of 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Natural Resources pursuant to section 593 of this chapter. If the Council fails 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | to adopt the Plan or update the Plan as required by this chapter, the Secretary 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | shall proceed with adopting and implementing rules pursuant to subsection 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 593(j) of this chapter to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reductions 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | requirements pursuant to section 578 of this title. However, in neither instance 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | shall the Secretary adopt the California rules for new motor vehicles authorized 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | in the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7507. 11 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Sec. 4. RULE REPEAL 12 |
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| 65 | 65 | | The Vermont Low Emission Vehicle and Zero Emission Vehicle Rules, 13 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Department of Environmental Conservation, Chapter 40: Vermont Low 14 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Emission Vehicle and Zero Emission Vehicle Rules (CVR 12-30-40) are 15 |
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| 68 | 68 | | repealed. 16 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE 17 |
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| 70 | 70 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 18 |
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