Bill Text: CT SB00997 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 997 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Connecticut's Kelp Industry And The State's Nitrogen Credit Exchange Program.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-21 - Moved to Foot of the Calendar, Senate [SB00997 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00997-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 997*
*January Session, 2017*		_____SB00997ENV___032317____

AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S KELP INDUSTRY AND THE STATE'S NITROGEN CREDIT EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2018, the Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board, established pursuant to section 22a-523 of the general statutes, shall develop a recommendation for the utilization of kelp grown in the state for nitrogen removal construction projects under the nitrogen credit exchange program established pursuant to section 22a-524 of the general statutes. Upon review and approval of such recommendation, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish a policy, pursuant to subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of section 22a-524 of the general statutes, for the use of kelp grown in the state in such nitrogen removal construction projects.