2009-2010 Bill 1278: General Assembly - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 S. 1278 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators Fair, Bright, Thomas and Grooms 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22524sd10.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on March 11, 2010 13 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources 14 15 Summary: General Assembly 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 3/11/2010 Senate Introduced SJ5 22 3/11/2010 Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ5 23 24 25 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 26 27 3/11/2010 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA 12 GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR UNITED STATES SENATE 13 JOINT RESOLUTION 26 DISAPPROVING A RULE 14 SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 15 AGENCY RELATING TO AN ENDANGERMENT FINDING 16 WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL RESULT IN THE 17 REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER SECTION 18 202(A) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, AND TO REQUEST THAT 19 SOUTH CAROLINA’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION 20 SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. 21 22 Whereas, on April 17, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency 23 formally issued an endangerment finding declaring carbon dioxide 24 and five other heattrapping gases to be pollutants that endanger 25 public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act; and 26 27 Whereas, on January 21, 2010, a bipartisan group of thirtynine 28 United States Senators introduced a disapproval resolution, Senate 29 Joint Resolution 26, pursuant to the provisions of the 30 Congressional Review Act to stop the Environmental Protection 31 Agency from regulating carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean 32 Air Act; and 33 34 Whereas, the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to impose 35 backdoor climate regulations with no input from Congress will not 36 only add a thick new layer of federal bureaucracy, but also serve to 37 depress economic activity, slow it down, make it more expensive, 38 and render it less efficient; and 39 40 Whereas, the Environmental Protection Agency’s adoption and 41 implementation of regulations restricting carbon dioxide emissions

[1278] 2 1 will have serious financial economic implications for South 2 Carolina; and 3 4 Whereas, at a time when South Carolina is fighting to save jobs 5 and stabilize the economy, our State cannot afford to stand idly by 6 while the Environmental Protection Agency acts in an 7 unprecedented and risky manner, especially when any regulation 8 of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is a matter that 9 should be left to Congress. Now, therefore, 10 11 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 12 concurring: 13 14 That the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, 15 expresses its support for United States Senate Joint Resolution 26 16 disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection 17 Agency relating to an endangerment finding which ultimately will 18 result in the regulation of greenhouse gases under Section 202(a) 19 of the Clean Air Act, and requests that South Carolina’s 20 congressional delegation support the adoption of this resolution. 21 XX 22

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