Halogen Emissions Amendments
House Bill 420 (2025 General Session) allows UDAQ to complete a best available control technology emissions reduction plan for major halogen sources and requires the division to submit an annual report on halogen emissions to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Interim Committee, per 19-2a-107.
Plantwide Applicability by Limitation Annual Report
House Bill 85 (2025 General Session) requires the UDAQ, per 19-2-109.6, to develop and publish guidance and rules related to federal plantwide applicability limitations and submit a report detailing the status of facilities adopting a plantwide applicability limitation in the state, including the number of plantwide applicability limitation applications approved and rejected, and recommend improvements to the plantwide applicability limitation program.
DAQ Permit By Rule Study 2025 Report
House Bill 85 (2025 General Session) requires UDAQ to report recommendations for expanding the permit by rule program and the estimated impacts of expanding the permit by rule program on air quality, permitting efficiency, and regulated sources. Per 19-2-109.7, UDAQ is to:
- Review the division’s rules related to permit by rule registration;
- Include at least five new categories of sources in the division’s permit by rule program; and
- Report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee the results of the division’s review of the permit by rule program.
Halogen Report
House Bill 220 (2023 General Session) Emissions Reduction Amendments directs the Utah Division of Air Quality to:
- Complete an air emissions inventory of point sources that emit halogens by December 31, 2024.
- Complete a best available control technology emissions reduction plan to reduce the compounds of halogens with an implementation date of December 31, 2026.
- Provide recommendations for a state standard limiting halogen emissions.
The legislation also directs DAQ to report on the status of the above to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment (NRAE) Interim Committee during the November 2023 and 2024 meetings.
- Utah Point Source Halogen Emissions: NRAE Interim Committee Status Report (2023)
- H.B. 220: Halogen Reductions & Standards Recommendations: NRAE Interim Committee Status Report (2024)
- Potential Halogen Point Source Inventory
- Halogen Specific Point Source Inventory
- Eight Reactive Chlorine Compound Emissions by Facility
Diesel Emissions Reduction Plan Framework
Senate Bill 136 (2022 General Session) required the Utah Division of Air Quality to conduct studies and provide recommendations to inform the development of a Utah-specific diesel emissions reduction framework.
Inland Port Report
Senate Bill 144 (2019 General Session) required the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to establish baseline conditions for stormwater and air quality within the statutorily defined area of Utah Inland Port Authority. Per 19-1-201, the DEQ is required to submit an annual report to the Legislative Management Committee and the Utah Inland Port Authority Board. The following annual reports have been submitted:
- 2024 Monitoring Activities at the Utah Inland Port
- 2022 Monitoring Activities at the Utah Inland Port
Free Fare Day Report
House Bill 353 (2019 General Session) directed UDAQ to create a pilot project to encourage trip reduction through the use of public transportation, carpooling, teleworking, or other methods and directed UDAQ to analyze the impacts and benefits of the program and report back to the Legislature. The legislation directed UDAQ to designate “alternative transportation and workdays” based on air quality monitoring trends, to work with public and private entities to promote such days, and to encourage public transit and other methods to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips.