SB 6107 -
By Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) The energy facility site evaluation
council shall review the status of pipeline utility corridor capacity
and distribution for petroleum in the southwest region of the state.
In conducting this study, the council shall, at a minimum, review the
following:
(a) Whether pipeline utility corridor constraints exist, and if so,
to what extent;
(b) Whether there is adequate pipeline utility corridor capacity in
the state to meet existing demand; and
(c) Whether the current pipeline utility corridor system is
expected to meet projected demand growth in the southwest region of the
state.
(2) The council may also examine pipeline utility corridor capacity
and distribution in other areas of the state to the extent that it has
an impact on supply to southwest Washington.
(3) In conducting this review, the council shall coordinate, to the
extent possible, with any regional pipeline infrastructure studies
already being conducted in the southwest region of the state.
(4) The council shall submit its findings to the legislature by
December 1, 2007.
(5) For purposes of this section, "council" means the energy
facility site evaluation council.
(6) This section expires July 1, 2008."
EFFECT: Limits the scope of the pipeline study to petroleum products only. Removes the requirement that the EFSEC identify needed improvements in pipeline capacity and make recommendations on proposed projects to the Legislature. Requires the EFSEC to coordinate with other regional pipeline studies being conducted in southwest Washington.