SPONSOR: Knight
The bill repeals provisions of law that give the Department of Agriculture oversight over standards relating to anhydrous ammonia and authorizes the Air Conservation Commission to adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for covered processes at agricultural stationary sources that use, store, or sell anhydrous ammonia, and regulations necessary to implement and enforce the Risk Management Plans under the federal Clean Air Act.
Each retail agricultural facility that uses, stores, or sells anhydrous ammonia that is an air contaminant source subject to a Risk Management Plan under the federal Clean Air Act must pay an annual registration of $200. The bill also establishes an annual tonnage fee for anhydrous ammonia of $1.25 per ton used or sold.
Each distributor or terminal agricultural facility that uses, stores, or sells anhydrous ammonia that is an air contaminant source subject to a Risk Management Plan Program 3 under federal regulations relating to chemical accident prevention must pay an annual registration of $5,000 and does not pay a tonnage fee.
The bill creates the "Anhydrous Ammonia Risk Management Plan Subaccount" within the Natural Resources Protection Fund which shall consist of fees required in these provisions.
This bill is the same as HB 440 (2021).
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