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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, ERICKSON, MUSTO, ORIE, ALLOWAY, TARTAGLIONE, BAKER, FOLMER AND RAFFERTY, APRIL 27, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 27, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of July 9, 2008 (P.L.935, No.70), entitled "An |
2 | act providing for a report on potential climate change |
3 | impacts and economic opportunities for this Commonwealth, for |
4 | duties of the Department of Environmental Protection, for an |
5 | inventory of greenhouse gases, for establishment of the |
6 | Climate Change Advisory Committee, for a voluntary registry |
7 | of greenhouse gas emissions and for a climate change action |
8 | plan," further providing for climate change action plan. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. Section 7 of the act of July 9, 2008 (P.L.935, |
12 | No.70), known as the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act, is amended |
13 | to read: |
14 | Section 7. Climate change action plan. |
15 | (a) Action plan required.--Within [15] 18 months from the |
16 | effective date of this act and every three years thereafter, the |
17 | department shall, in consultation with the committee, submit to |
18 | the Governor a climate change action plan that: |
19 | (1) Identifies GHG emission and sequestration trends and |
20 | baselines in this Commonwealth. |
21 | (2) Evaluates cost-effective strategies for reducing or |
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1 | offsetting GHG emissions from various sectors in this |
2 | Commonwealth. |
3 | (3) Identifies costs, benefits and cobenefits of GHG |
4 | reduction strategies recommended by the climate change action |
5 | plan, including the impact on the capability of meeting |
6 | future energy demand within this Commonwealth. |
7 | (4) Identifies areas of agreement and disagreement among |
8 | committee members about the climate change action plan. |
9 | (5) Recommends to the General Assembly legislative |
10 | changes necessary to implement the climate change action |
11 | plan. |
12 | (b) Publication.--The climate change action plan shall be |
13 | published and distributed to the General Assembly and made |
14 | available to the public in printed form and on the department's |
15 | Internet website upon submission of the plan to the Governor. |
16 | (c) Public comment.--Prior to submittal of a climate change |
17 | action plan as required in subsection (a), the department shall |
18 | make a draft plan available for public comment for a period of |
19 | at least 60 days. The department shall review and consider |
20 | public comments. Upon completion of the department's review of |
21 | comments, the department shall prepare and publish a copy of its |
22 | responses to the comments received. |
23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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