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House Bill 765 Page 14 Section 4.15.(b) would direct the Commission for Public Health (Commission) to review and amend rules to implement the changes described above. Section 4.15.(c) would direct the Commission to report, beginning January 1, 2016, and every quarter thereafter until all rules are adopted, as to its progress of adopting and amending rules pursuant to Sections 4.14 and 4.15 of this act to HHS Oversight and the ERC. Section 4.15.(d) would direct the Commission, in consultation with DHHS, local health departments, and industry stakeholders, to study the costs and benefits of requiring treatment standards above those that are established by nationally recognized standards, and report its findings and recommendations to HHS Oversight and the ERC on or before March 1, 2016. CONTESTED CASES FOR AIR PERMITS Section 4.17. would amend the process for filing a contested case regarding an air quality permit decision of the EMC by: • Providing that the filing for a contested case by a permit applicant or permittee would stay the EMC's decision while the filing for a contested case by a person who is not the permit applicant or permittee would not automatically stay the EMC's decision. • Limiting these contested case provisions to permit application decisions rather than other types of permit decisions, such as permit modification, suspension, or revocation. Section 4.17 would also direct the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to study whether these changes to contested cases for air quality permits should be expanded into other programs administered by the Department. The Department will report the results of the study to the Environmental Review Commission by March 1, 2016. AMEND ISOLATED WETLANDS LAW Section 4.18. would make the following changes to the regulation of isolated wetlands in the State: • Provide that the only types of isolated wetlands the State will regulate are Basin Wetlands and Bogs and that the State will not regulate isolated man -made ditches or ponds constructed for stormwater management purposes or any other man -made isolated pond. • Provide that the mitigation requirements for impacts to isolated wetlands apply only to the amount of impact that exceeds the current regulatory thresholds. • Provide that impacts to wetlands that aren't isolated wetlands will not be combined with impacts to isolated wetlands to determine whether the regulatory thresholds have been reached. • Direct the Environmental Management Commission to amend its rules by March 1, 2016, to establish a coastal region, piedmont region, and mountain region for purposes of regulating impacts to isolated wetlands. The regulatory thresholds for the three regions would be as follows: • Less than or equal to one acre of isolated wetlands for the entire project in the coastal region. • Less than or equal to one -half acre of isolated wetlands for the entire project for the piedmont region. • Less than or equal to one -third acre of isolated wetlands for the entire project for the mountain region. In no event could the regulatory requirements for impacts to isolated wetlands be more stringent than required under current law, which is less than or equal to one acre of isolated wetland for