Archive: Environmental Health

  • Recycled/Refined Oil Labeling Act March 15, 2013

    Summary:  ALEC’s model recycled/refined Oil Labeling Act is designed to reduce the amount of used oil improperly disposed and increase the amount that is reused by establishing a recycled/re-refined oil standard. Section 1. {Short title} This act shall be known [...]

  • Resolution in Support of the Keystone XL Pipeline March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, The United States relies – and will continue to rely for many years – on gasoline, diesel and jet fuel despite the recent focus on renewable and alternative sources of energy, and WHEREAS, In order to fuel our economy, [...]

  • Groundwater Protection Act March 15, 2013

    Summary ALEC’s model Groundwater Protection Act is designed to futher document and ensure the safety of America’s drinking water through the prevention, minimization, or mitigation of the movement of chemicals to drinking water supplies derived from ground water acquifers. Key [...]

  • Resolution Supporting a Reasonable Compliance Timeline and Economy-wide impact study of EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Rule March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted and has proposed a series of regulations establishing stringent new standards applicable to the electric power sector industry; WHEREAS, individual states, the American Legislative Exchange Council, Regional Transmission Operators and other parties [...]

  • Protecting Property Rights to Facilitate Species Conservation March 15, 2013

    An act relating to the authority of a political subdivision to prepare and implement a regional habitat conservation plan or habitat conservation plan or to enter into a conservation agreement. Be it enacted by the State of____________________________ : Section 1. [...]

  • The Environmental Good Samaritan Act March 15, 2013

    Summary This bill would establish the Environmental Good Samaritan Act. The purpose of this legislation is to encourage the voluntary reclamation of land and water adversely affected by mining (including limestone, dolomite, sand, gravel, slate, argillite, diabase, gneiss, micaceous sandstone [...]

  • Resolution on Reform of New Source Review Regulations March 15, 2013

    Wheras, The American Legislative Exchange Council believes upgrades are needed to the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) program to make it an efficient and transparent program that is easily understood and effectively implemented; and Whereas, routine maintenance, repair [...]

  • Resolution in Support of Energy Security, Production, Distribution, Environmental Protection and Economic Growth in the United States March 15, 2013

    Whereas, energy affects all aspects of American life and is indispensable for quality of life, economic growth, and the sustainability of modern society, and Whereas, access to energy and the supply of energy will only become more important in the [...]

  • Resolution Urging the President and Congress to Act Expeditiously in Procuring a Site or Sites for the Storage of High-Level Radioactive Waste March 15, 2013

    Summary ALEC’s model Resolution Urges the President and Congress to act expeditiously in procuring a site or sites for the storage of high-level radioactive waste. Model Resolution WHEREAS, decades into the commercial use of nuclear power the federal government has [...]

  • Economic Impact Statement Act March 15, 2013

    Economic Impact Statement Act Summary The Economic Impact Statement Act is designed to provide environmental protection while permitting the creation of wealth through requiring an economic analysis of new environmental regulations. Key components of the bill include: detailed short-term and [...]