SB 1282

Abstract

Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a statewide baseline and projection inventory of all greenhouse gas emissions and to update such inventory every four years. The bill requires that the inventory be published and included in the annual report of the State Air Pollution Control Board. The bill also authorizes the Board to adopt regulations necessary to collect data needed to conduct, update, and maintain the inventory. The bill exempts proprietary information collected by the Department from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a statewidebaseline and projection inventory of all greenhouse gas emissionsand to update such inventory every four years. The bill requiresthat the inventory be published and included in the annual reportof the State Air Pollution Control Board. The bill also authorizesthe Board to adopt regulations, to become effective no later thanJanuary 1, 2022, necessary to collect data needed to conduct, update,and maintain the inventory.