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The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy has jurisdiction over matters relating to the conservation, development, and planning of the State's natural resources, including water quality, geology, forestry, parks and recreation, and fish and wildlife; community and regional planning and development; and the conservation and planning of sources of energy.

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  • J.R.H.25 - Joint resolution requesting the governors of the 19 states that have suspended state implementation planning to continue the compliance process under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines
  • J.R.H.26 - Joint resolution relating to the amendment of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act and its preemption provisions
  • H.4 - An act relating to prohibiting the manufacture or sale of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs containing microbeads
  • H.5 - An act relating to hunting, fishing, and trapping
  • H.35 - An act relating to improving the quality of State waters
  • H.40 - An act relating to establishing a renewable energy standard and energy transformation program
  • H.248 - An act relating to miscellaneous revisions to the air pollution statutes
  • H.269 - An act relating to the transportation and disposal of excavated development soils legally categorized as solid waste
  • H.363 - An act relating to the Petroleum Cleanup Fund
  • H.367 - An act relating to miscellaneous revisions to the municipal plan adoption, amendment, and update process
  • H.517 - An act relating to the classification of State waters
  • H.518 - An act relating to the membership of the Clean Water Fund Board
  • H.531 - An act relating to aboveground storage tanks
  • H.552 - An act relating to threatened and endangered species
  • H.570 - An act relating to hunting, fishing, and trapping
  • H.580 - An act relating to conservation easements
  • H.584 - An act relating to miscellaneous timber harvesting, forestry, and State lands issues
  • H.595 - An act relating to potable water supplies from surface waters
  • H.608 - An act relating to solid waste management
  • H.610 - An act relating to clarifying the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Water Pollution Control Grant Programs
  • H.625 - An act relating to extending the exemption from encumbrance on title of properties subject to a pretransition stormwater permit
  • H.674 - An act relating to public notice of wastewater discharges
  • H.789 - An act relating to forest integrity and municipal and regional planning
  • H.851 - An act relating to the conduct of forestry operations
  • H.852 - An act relating to State lands
  • H.854 - An act relating to timber trespass
  • H.855 - An act relating to forest fire suppression and forest fire wardens
  • H.857 - An act relating to timber harvesting
  • S.R.7 - Senate resolution relating to climate change
  • S.25 - An act relating to recognizing the beagle as the State Dog
  • S.32 - An act relating to the beverage container redemption system
  • S.45 - An act relating to aquatic nuisance control
  • S.46 - An act relating to financing water quality improvement
  • S.48 - An act relating to setback and screening requirements for solar generation plants
  • S.49 - An act relating to improving the quality of State waters
  • S.51 - An act relating to establishing a renewable energy standard and energy transformation program
  • S.85 - An act relating to setbacks and screening requirements for solar generation plants subject to Public Service Board siting review
  • S.123 - An act relating to standardized procedures for permits and approvals issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation
  • S.138 - An act relating to promoting economic development
  • S.191 - An act relating to siting of wind generation facilities
  • S.195 - An act relating to a study on whether to require large buildings to install solar generation
  • S.203 - An act relating to sport shooting ranges and Act 250
  • S.204 - An act relating to siting renewable electric generation
  • S.205 - An act relating to renewable energy development and protecting agricultural and forest soils
  • S.210 - An act relating to banning industrial wind
  • S.222 - An act relating to creating a wood energy forester position
  • S.226 - An act relating to energy facility siting
  • S.229 - An act relating to conservation at interstate interchanges and protecting settlement patterns
  • S.230 - An act relating to improving the siting of energy projects
  • S.236 - An act relating to ensuring that roofs of new construction are solar-ready
  • S.237 - An act relating to miscellaneous timber harvesting, forestry, and State lands issues
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