Relates to modifications, suspensions, revocations, and renewals of permits under the air quality control program

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◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Pete Harckham says this is needed

Air quality has direct impacts on human health, ecosystem quality, and climate change. Although the majority of today's air quality policies are focused on the climate crisis, the birth of the modern environmental movement and establishment of the Clean Air Act focused on mitigating far less amorphous issues: curbing the pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks making Americans sick and obscuring our skies with black clouds. There are three broad categories of facilities that are required to be either permitted or registered with the Department (in descending order of intensity): Title V Facilities (Title Vs), Air State Facilities (ASFs), and Air Facility Registrations (AFRs). This legislation comes in response to identified weaknesses and proposed solutions from the Comptroller's audit of the state's air contamination and pollution program. Under the State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA) an operating permit for a Title V or ASF facility does not expire if application for renewal occurs at least 180 days before the expira- tion date. In these scenarios, the permit remains valid with no limit on how long, unless revoked. The longer the permits remain extended, the greater the risk that facilities are not operating under requirements that align with the most up-to-date air pollution control standards. This legislation addresses this loophole, and will give New Yorkers, present and future, cleaner air to breathe and a cooler climate to live in. *NYS Comptroller, Monitoring Air Quality (Facility Permits and Registra- tions) Monitoring of Air Quality (Facility Permits and Registrations)| Office of the New York State Comptroller (ny.gov)

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.