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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1540

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                                                                            C 081 L 86

 

 

State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Environmental Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Nutley, Allen and Bristow)

 

 

Read first time 2/7/86 and passed to Committee on Rules.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to solid waste management; adding a new section to chapter 70.95 RCW; and making an appropriation.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 70.95 RCW to read as follows:

          In order to implement the minimum functional standards for solid waste handling, evaluate the effectiveness of the minimum functional standards, evaluate the cost of implementation, and develop a mechanism to finance the implementation, the department shall prepare:

          (1) An assessment of local health agencies' information on all existing permitted landfill sites, including (a) measures taken and facilities installed at each landfill to mitigate surface water and ground water contamination, (b) proposed measures taken and facilities to be constructed at each landfill to mitigate surface water and ground water contamination, and (c) the costs of such measures and facilities;

          (2) An analysis of the effectiveness of the minimum functional standards for new landfills in lessening surface water and ground water contamination, and a comparison with the effectiveness of the prior standards;

          (3) An analysis of the costs of conforming with the new functional standards for new landfills compared with the costs of conforming to the prior standards; and

          (4) Proposals for methods of financing the costs of conforming with the new functional standards.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.     The sum of forty-nine thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1987, from the general fund to the department of ecology to carry out the purposes of this act.


                                                                                                                      Passed the House February 13, 1986.

 

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

 

                                                                                                                           Passed the Senate March 5, 1986.

 

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.