H1808B3919A07861 NAD:NLG 11/17/20 #90 A07861
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1808
Sponsor: SENATOR L. WILLIAMS
Printer's No. 3919
Amend Bill, page 1, line 18, by inserting after
"definitions;"
providing for advanced recycling facilities;
Amend Bill, page 11, by inserting between lines 11 and 12
Section 4. The act is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE VIII-A
ADVANCED RECYCLING FACILITIES
Section 801-A. Environmental impact statement.
(a) General rule.--Prior to operating a manufacturing
facility as an advanced recycling facility, the owner or
operator of the facility shall have an environmental impact
statement prepared to examine the impact of the advanced
recycling facility on the following:
(1) Air and water pollution resulting from the creation
and release of any hazardous pollutants through the operation
of the advanced recycling facility.
(2) The greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the
products and processes of the advanced recycling facility,
taking into account the full life cycle, including the final
use of the products of the advanced recycling facility.
(b) Submission.--The owner or operator of the advanced
recycling facility shall submit the environmental impact
statement to the department for posting on the department's
publicly accessible Internet website.
(c) Disclosure.--The results of the environmental impact
statement shall, whenever reported and communicated, provide
full disclosure of the geographical, temporal and technological
boundaries which have been selected for the assessment.
(d) Prohibition.--The environmental impact statement shall
be prepared by an independent third party with no interest,
directly or indirectly, in the ownership or operation of the
advanced recycling facility or its outputs.
Section 802-A. Carbon neutrality.
An advanced recycling facility shall be carbon neutral.
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