Interstate Ozone Transport Oversight Act

This act governs air pollution control, establishing a permitting system for stationary sources of air pollutants — construction, modification, relocation, and operating permits, including provisions specific to natural gas and coal electric generating facilities — along with procedures for permit consolidation and administrative review of permit decisions. It designates an agency director with rulemaking authority and enforcement powers, including cease and desist orders, permit suspension or revocation, civil and criminal penalties, injunctive relief, and emergency authority, while preserving certain powers of state health officials and local governments. It also addresses motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance, compliance assistance for small businesses, interstate ozone transport, market-based emissions banking and trading programs, greenhouse gas inventories, and state planning for carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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