HB 1136-S.E - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Prohibits the rules adopted by the department of ecology from requiring the following to be included as components of contingency plans for class III railroads transporting oil in bulk that is not crude oil in an amount of forty-nine or more tank car loads per year: (1) Contracted access to oil spill response equipment; or

(2) The completion of more than a total of one basic table-top drill every three years to test the contingency plans.

Allows the rules adopted by the department of ecology, with regard to class III railroads transporting oil in bulk that is not crude oil in an amount less than forty-nine tank car loads per year, to only require the railroads to submit a basic contingency plan to the department.