Archives: Environmental Stewardship / Model Policies
Archives: Environmental Stewardship / Model Policies (page 4)
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Waste Tire Abatement Act
Summary Providing for nuisance abatement from improper waste tire treatment. Establishing a waste tire abatement fund. Providing for grants for the beneficial disposal of waste tires, imposing additional…
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The Common Sense Scientific and Technical Evidence Act
Summary ALEC’s model Common Sense Scientific and Technical Evidence Act is designed to ensure that state courts follow the same guidelines in admitting expert…
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Environmental Audit Privilege and Qualified Disclosure Act
Summary This Act provides confidentiality and limited protection from civil, criminal or administrative proceedings to companies that conduct voluntary internal environmental audits to identify, prevent and correct…
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Limited Immunity for Persons Responding to Oil Spills Act
Summary ALEC’s model Limited Immunity for Person’s Responding to Oil Spills Act is designed to improve the nation’s ability to respond to large oil spills in coastal…
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Conditioning Regulation of Non-Pollutant Emissions on Science Act Summary
Summary The following language may be used as a freestanding bill or amendment to a bill, (e.g., a bill to regulate carbon dioxide). It requires [State EPA]…
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The Private Property Protection Act
Summary ALEC’s model Private Property Protection Act is designed to ensure property owner rights as established under the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution through the…
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Resolution in Support of Proper Timber Harvesting as a Management Tool to Ensure Better Forest Health
WHEREAS, the health of the national forests and the economies of rural communities area at risk as a result of national forest management practices; WHEREAS, the threat of wildfire, insects,…
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Endangered Species Resolution
WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act in 1973 to conserve threatened and endangered plant and animal species. WHEREAS, the United States and the states have some…
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Pollution Control or Abatement Flexibility Act
Summary The Pollution Control or Abatement Flexibility Act is designed to encourage the development and use of innovative technology that improves environmental protection. The Act would reduce…
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Environmental Services Public-Private Partnership Act
Summary Provides an arrangement through which government utilizes the private sector to produce goods and services that would otherwise be provided or funded completely by government. Model Legislation Section 1.
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Resolution on Energy Conservation
WHEREAS adequate and reliable electric power is critical to the economy of the United Sates and the standard of living of all Americans; and WHEREAS the nation’s electric…
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The Environmental Buffer Disclosure Act
Summary This Act protects the rights of property owners whose real property contains an environmental buffer zone from the alleged devaluation of adjacent principles. Model Legislation Section 1. {Definitions} (A)…
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Interstate Research Commission on Climatic Change Act
Summary ALEC’s model Interstate Research Commission Act on Climatic Change is designed to address scientific and economic aspects of the issue of climatic change through the development…
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Environmental Corrupt Organizations – Preventative Legislation and Neutralization (ECO-PLAN) Act
Section 1. {Definitions} (1) “Documentary material” means any book, paper, document, writing, drawing, graph, chart, photograph, phonograph record, magnetic tape, computer printout, website, or any other data compilation…
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Resolution on Alternative Fuels
Summary ALEC’s model resolution on alternative fuels opposes the use of command and control type mechanisms to encourage alternative fuel use. Model Resolution WHEREAS, Approximately 180 million…
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Environmental Literacy Improvement Act
Section 1. {Title} This act shall be known as the Environmental Literacy Improvement Act Section 2. {Purpose} The purpose of this act is to enhance and improve the…
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Property Owners Disclosure Act
Summary This legislation requires that certain scientific data collected on private property by state environmental officials may not be compiled in a way that identifies the property owner’s land unless…
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Resolution on Mandatory Electricity Consumer Disclosure Information
WHEREAS, many states are deregulating the generation of electricity and encouraging the formation of a competitive electricity marketplace; WHEREAS, market forces can do a better job than…
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Wetlands Mapping and Protection Act
Summary ALEC’s model Wetlands Mapping and Protection Act is designed to permit a state to define the procedures, guidelines, and administration of a wetlands program for the…
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Power Plant Siting Act
Summary This Act creates a single Board that functions as the permitting authority for all governmental approvals necessary to site a Power Plant in the state. Model Policy Section 1.