HB 802 -- Air Emissions

Co-Sponsors:  Ransdall, Ostmann, Green (15), Smith, Marble,
Relford, Linton, Griesheimer

This bill requires the Air Conservation Commission to establish
an air emissions banking and trading program.  The Department of
Natural Resources will certify and bank credits for reductions
in air emissions if the reductions are permanent and do not
involve hazardous air pollutants.  Banked credits may be used,
traded, or sold, as long as there are no resulting adverse
impacts on air quality.  If approved by the department, private
entities may also trade credits directly.  In nonattainment
areas, the bank of credits will be reduced annually by 3%, and
net reductions below federally approved permit conditions may be
transferred to offset the construction of new emissions sources.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 13, 2001 at 2:04 pm