"Right now, the bill directs the state Air Resources Board, which has a strong reputation for enforcement, to promulgate regulations for the mandatory reporting of greenhouse-gas emissions from several major industries, such as cement, landfills and utilities.
It requires state agencies to coordinate programs and encourage emissions-reduction technologies.
But the state EPA, acting on behalf of the governor, would rather see an umbrella board made up of agency heads.
Catherine Witherspoon, executive director of the Air Resources Board, said it doesn't make sense for her board to duplicate the job of other existing state agencies.
Witherspoon said the air board, for example, isn't the best agency to identify energy-saving and pollution-reducing remedies for the utility industry. She said that would be better left to the Public Utilities Commission."
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