Title 49 — The Environment

(Conditionally Rpld.) A. The department may award incentive grants from the air quality fund established by section 49-551 for diesel vehicles: 1. To operate on alternative fuel or clean burning fuel. 2. To operate on ultra low sulfur diesel fuel that is used in an engine with an…

A city, town or county school district or special district shall prohibit the parking of vehicles which fail to comply with section 49-542 in an employee parking lot under its jurisdiction within area A or area B as defined in section 49-541.

A. The department of environmental quality may conduct research to quantify the effect of vehicular emissions. B. The department may hire consultants for the purpose of analyzing the costs and benefits of the emissions reduction measures adopted by this chapter and to design and …

A. The department of environmental quality, with the assistance of state universities, may develop a program to: 1. Expedite testing and certification of technological developments related to improving air quality through a reduction in vehicle emissions. 2. Develop incentives to…

Entities that are subject to sections 9-500.04, 28-474, 49-474.01 and 49-573 shall comply with the following time schedule for retrofitting their existing diesel vehicles: 1. Twenty-five percent of the diesel fleet vehicles by December 31, 1998. 2. Forty percent of the diesel fle…

A. This state shall participate in the national low emission vehicle program adopted in 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 9, part 85 and part 86 effective March 9, 1998, as part of the long-term air quality strategy. The state shall not bear any of the administrative costs of t…

A. Each vehicle that is owned by the United States government and that is domiciled in this state for more than ninety consecutive days and each vehicle that is owned by a state or political subdivision of this state shall comply with section 49-542. On compliance, the department…

A. Any person or entity may purchase nonroad equipment that meets tier 2 or tier 3 standards or may retrofit existing equipment to meet tier 2 or tier 3 standards in area A or area B and may send documentation regarding the purchase or retrofit of the equipment to the department.…

A. The department shall operate and administer a voluntary vehicle repair program in areas that are subject to the vehicle emissions inspection program established by this article. A vehicle owner's participation is voluntary. The department may contract with an independent contr…

A. A city, town or county which purchases buses for use in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons shall only purchase buses which operate on clean burning fuel or alternative fuel, except that a city or town in area A, as defined in section 49-541, …

To the extent practicable, a state agency or political subdivision that operates a clean burning fuel or alternative fuel refueling station shall permit the refueling of vehicles owned or operated by any state agency or political subdivision at the refueling station.

A. The operator of a United States government owned vehicle fleet based primarily in this state shall develop and implement a vehicle fleet plan for the purpose of encouraging and progressively increasing the use of alternative fuels and clean burning fuels in United States gover…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Alternate mode" means any mode of commute transportation other than the single occupancy motor vehicle. 2. "Approvable travel reduction plan" means a plan that is submitted by a major employer and that meets the requirem…

A. A travel reduction program regional task force is established in area A for the purposes prescribed in this article. The regional public transportation authority established under title 48, chapter 29 and the regional planning agency for a county with a population of one milli…

A. The task force shall review and approve the baseline survey distributed to major employers for the purpose of collecting data on employee commuting patterns. The task force shall provide uniform formats for data to be provided by each employer on the commuting patterns of its …

The staff shall provide support to the task force and the major employers. The staff shall: 1. Provide assistance to each employer in coordinating data collection, dissemination of information on air quality, alternative modes programs, developing a travel reduction plan and incr…

Nonmajor employers or groups of nonmajor employers are encouraged to participate in data collection and information dissemination efforts and in the preparation of their own travel reduction plans on a voluntary basis. The task force shall assist these groups, and these groups ar…

A. In each year of the regional program each major employer shall: 1. Provide each regular employee with information on alternate mode options and travel reduction measures. This information shall also be provided to new employees at the time of hiring. 2. Participate in a survey…

A. The task force shall appoint from its members a committee to serve as a hearing board for major employers requesting variances from all or part of the travel reduction plan schedule. B. Any major employer wishing a variance from any of the requirements of this article shall ma…

A major employer that is a high school, community college or university, in developing its survey, travel reduction plan or travel reduction program, shall include full-time students in determining the requirements of this article.

A. Employers opening for business, or hiring, relocating or otherwise adding employees so as to become subject to the requirements of this section within sixty days before the annual due date for the annual survey, are not required to submit the survey or plan until the next annu…

A. Any major employer or resident of the political subdivision may appeal a decision of the task force to authorize or withhold variances or a decision of the task force regarding enforcement or other provisions of this article. B. The board shall hear and decide the appeal. If t…

A. On determining a violation of this article the board shall request the county attorney to take appropriate legal action. B. Violations of any of the following requirements may subject a major employer to increased civil penalties: 1. Failure to collect or supply information re…