Section 19-0317. Air program evaluation  


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  • Within  eighteen  months after the effective date of this section, and
      biennially thereafter, the department shall, in  coordination  with  the
      department  of  economic development, prepare and submit to the governor
      and the legislature a report evaluating the programs proposed or adopted
      to implement the Act. The evaluation shall include:
        1. an identification of the specific measures taken to  implement  the
      Act,  and  progress  made toward meeting emission reductions required by
      the Act;
        2. recommendations on any additional measures which must be  taken  if
      the state is not meeting emission reductions required by the Act;
        3.  an evaluation of the resources available to implement the programs
      required by the Act and whether those resources are sufficient;
        4. an analysis of the costs of measures taken to  implement  the  Act,
      including  costs  imposed  directly  and  indirectly  on mobile sources,
      stationary sources, consumers and businesses. The  analysis  shall  also
      identify the benefits of compliance with the Act;
        5.  an  analysis  of  the  adequacy  of measures taken to assist small
      business stationary sources in complying with the Act;
        6. an identification and status of  any  non-compliance  notifications
      received from the United States environmental protection agency;
        7.  a  summary of any significant new regulations or guidance prepared
      by the United States environmental protection agency; and
        8. an identification of any regulation or guidance expected  from  the
      United States environmental protection agency necessary for the state to
      implement  provisions of the Act, and the effect of any past due rule or
      guidance on the state's compliance efforts.