6/15/2011 8:37 am Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
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Initial Agency Notice
Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | Air Pollution Control Board |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Cindy Berndt (804)698-4378 cindy.berndt@deq.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Karen G. Sabasteanski (804)698-4426 karen.sabasteanski@deq.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Environmental Quality 629 East Main Street P.O. Box 1105 Richmond, VA 23218 |
Chapter Affected: | |
9 vac 5 - : |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 06/15/2011 |
Petitioner | Emma Serrels and Alec Loorz and Victoria Loors (Kids vs. Global Warming) |
The petitioner is requesting the State Air Pollution Control Board adopt regulations
to:
1. Ensure that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels peak in the year 2012;
2. Adopt a carbon dioxide emissions reduction plan that, consistent with the best
available science, reduces state-wide fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions by at least
6% annually until at least 2050, and expands Virginia's capacity for carbon sequestration;
3. Establish a state-wide greenhouse gas emissions accounting, verification and inventory
and issues annual progress reports so that the public has access to accurate data
regarding the effectiveness of Virginia's efforts to reduce fossil fuel carbon dioxide
emissions; and
4. Adopt any necessary policies or regulations to implement the greenhouse gas emissions
reduction plan, as detailed in 1 and 2 above.
Agency Plan
The State Air Pollution Control Board received the petition on June 10, 2011. In accordance
with the Administrative Process Act, the Board will receive comments from the public
on whether or not to initiate a rulemaking for 21 days after publication of the notice
of receipt of the petition is published in the Virginia Register of Regulations. The
notice will be published in the July 4, 2011 issue of the Register and the public
comment period will run from July 4, 2011 through July 25, 2011. A copy of the petition
is available on the Department of Environmental Quality's web site, www.deq.virginia.gov,
under Air Public Notices.
During discussions at the Board meeting staff was asked to provide, when the petition
is presented for a decision, information for the Board's consideration on the following:
what are the impacts on the regulated community; is the requested action feasible;
how would it be enforced; is a state-by-state approach appropriate; how would a determination
be made that any regulation adopted had achieved the stated purpose of the regulation. Public
comment on these items will also be accepted from July 4, 2011 through July 25, 2011.
Publication Date | 07/04/2011 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 07/25/2011 |