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House Bill 765 <br />Page 16 <br />REPEAL DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IDLING <br />RULES <br />Section 4.24. would direct the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources to repeal the <br />Heavy -Duty Vehicle Idling Restrictions rules by March 1, 2016, and provide that until the effective date <br />of the repeal of the rule, DENR, the EMC, or any other political subdivision of the State cannot <br />implement or enforce the rule. <br />AMBIENT AIR MONITORING <br />Section 4.25. would direct DENR to review its ambient air monitoring network and request from the <br />United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to remove any monitor not required <br />by federal law that the Department has determined is not necessary to protect public health, safety, and <br />welfare; the environment; and natural resources. This section would also direct DENR, no later than <br />be September 1, 2016, to discontinue all ambient air monitors not required by federal law and for which <br />EPA approval for discontinuance is not required if the Department has determined that the monitors are <br />not necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare; the environment; and natural resources. This <br />section would not preclude DENR from installing temporary ambient air monitors as part of an <br />investigation of a suspected air quality violation or in response to an emergency causing an imminent <br />danger to human health and safety. <br />DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS <br />Section 4.27. would reduce the notice period for consent orders related to air pollution from 45 days to <br />30 days and would provide that notice of a consent order or a public meeting on a consent order would <br />be given on DENR's website rather than in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in <br />which the air pollution originated. <br />PROHIBIT THE REQUIREMENT OF MITIGATION FOR IMPACTS TO INTERMITTENT <br />STREAMS <br />Section 4.31. would provide that, except as required by federal law, DENR could not require mitigation <br />for impacts to intermittent streams. <br />PIGEON HUNTING <br />Section 4.32. would exempt pigeons from the animal cruelty statutes and the Animal Welfare Act. <br />WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION STUDIES <br />Section 4.33. would direct the Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) to review the methods <br />and criteria by which it adds, removes, or changes the status of animals on the State Protected animal list <br />and compare these to federal regulations and the methods and criteria of other States in the region. This <br />section would also direct the Commission to review the State's policies for addressing introduced <br />species and make recommendations for improving these policies. The Commission would be required to <br />report its findings to the ERC by March 1, 2016. <br />Section 4.34. would direct the Commission to establish a coyote management plan to address the <br />impacts of coyotes in this State and the threats that coyotes pose to citizens, industries, and populations <br />of native wildlife species within the State. The Commission would be required to report its findings and <br />recommendations, including any proposed legislation to address overpopulation of coyotes, to the ERC <br />by March 1, 2016. <br />