GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 571

Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 7/22/15

Short Title:        Judicial Review of EPA Clean Power Plan.	(Public)
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April 6, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to prohibit state agencies, boards, and commissions from implementing the epa clean power plan until judicial review of the plan is resolved or july 1, 2016, whichever is later.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Definitions. – The following definitions apply to this act:

(1)        "Environmental Protection Agency" or "EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2)        "EPA Clean Power Plan" means the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of carbon dioxide emissions for existing stationary sources, as published under docket EPA‑HQ‑OAR‑2013‑0602, and as subsequently amended by the EPA.

(3)        "State Plan" means the State Plan authorized by the EPA Clean Power Plan.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no State agency, board, or commission may adopt rules, expend funds, or take any other action to develop a State Plan or implement the EPA Clean Power Plan until such time as federal judicial review of the EPA Clean Power Plan has been fully resolved or July 1, 2016, whichever is later.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.