(1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Division" means the Division of Air Quality created in Section 19-1-105.
- (b) "Major halogen source" means a facility, building, structure, or installation that has the potential to emit 3,000 tons or more of a halogen per year from the smelting, mining, or extracting of magnesium.
(2)
- (a) The division may complete a best available control technology emissions reduction plan to reduce halogen emissions for all major halogen sources.
- (b) The division may require an operating major halogen source to implement a plan described in Subsection (2)(a) with an implementation date determined by the division.
- (c) The division may create a plan described in Subsection (2)(a) based on the division's status report for halogen reductions and standards recommendations submitted to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee in October 2024.
- (3) The division may modify the plan described in Subsection (2) to include a more cost-effective control technology if the cost-effective control technology achieves the same or better reduction in halogen emissions as the best available control technology.
(4)
- (a) The division shall submit a halogen emissions report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee on or before October 31 of each year.
(b) The report described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include:
- (i) the status of halogen emissions in this state;
- (ii) the effectiveness of the controls described in Subsection (2); and
- (iii) recommendations, if any, from the division for legislative action to address halogen emissions.
Amended by Chapter 264, 2025 General Session