Concerning the clean fuels program.
What changed between versions
The conditions triggering stricter carbon intensity standards were changed from a 'not being implemented' zero-emission vehicle program to a rule 'not being enforced,' making the trigger easier to meet.
The language for adjusting carbon intensity standards was clarified to require proportional reductions in fuel emissions relative to the state's overall climate goals, rather than just meeting a specific percentage.
New requirements mandate the department to harmonize rules with other states' clean fuel programs and establish a stakeholder panel to incentivize carbon sequestration on agricultural and forest lands.
The list of civil penalties subject to appeal by the pollution control hearings board was updated to reference the new section numbers in this act.
Section numbers were renumbered throughout the bill to accommodate the addition of new sections and the removal of an old one.