Section 125-O:6 - [See Note] Powers and Duties of the CommissionerThe commissioner may:
I.Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under RSA 125-O:3, III, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved. II.Propose to the general court for legislative enactment a program to reduce emissions that impair visibility in mandatory Class I Federal Areas, including the Great Gulf Wilderness Area and the Presidential-Dry River Wilderness, if evaluation and assessment of the program established under 125-O:6, I reveals after its implementation that further reductions of emissions that impair visibility are necessary. Any program proposed under this paragraph shall be at least as stringent as that specified in the Clean Air Act, amendments thereto, and regulations promulgated thereunder.III.Propose to the general court for legislative enactment appropriate processes to encourage pollution prevention, energy efficiency, and other methods to cost-effectively achieve emissions reductions.Amended by 2012 , 281: 12, eff. upon the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that any 2 New England states participating in the regional greenhouse gas initiative end or agree to end their participation in the initiative or if a New England state which has at least 10 percent of the total load of the New England states participating in the regional greenhouse gas initiative ends its participation in the initiative. 2002, 130:2, eff. July 1, 2002. 2008, 182:4, eff. June 11, 2008.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.