1. The commissioner may use the powers granted under title three of this article to determine attainment of, or compliance with, the emission controls and reductions required by this article.

2. The commissioner may request the advice and assistance of other agencies of the state, including but not limited to the commissioners of health, commerce, energy, and parks, recreation and historic preservation, and the chairmen of the public service commission and the Adirondack park agency. The commissioner may further request submission of studies conducted or reports published by such agencies that may aid the commissioner in the enforcement of the provisions of this title.

3. The commissioner shall make a written report to the legislature upon his finding that a Federal law has been enacted that will result in at least a fifty percent reduction in the emissions of SO2, as defined in section sixty-six-k of the public service law, by electric generating sources pursuant to title four of the Federal Clean Air Act after full implementation.