Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-206-R2

2nd Redraft ENV 206

DEP Authority

Messrs. Tarr and Michael O. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section_, the following section:-

Section _.  Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the department of environmental protection shall evaluate the feasibility, cost, advantages and disadvantages of obtaining from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to the extent permitted by federal law, delegated authority over National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) programs.  The department shall file a report detailing its findings, together with any legislative recommendations necessary to obtaining such authority, with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives not later than July 1, 2013.