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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 4797

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Parks & Ecology (originally sponsored by Senators Bender, Bluechel, Kreidler, Kiskaddon, Talmadge and Zimmerman)

Read first time 1/29/86.

AN ACT Relating to underground storage tanks; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     (1) The legislature finds that underground storage tanks may be leaking petroleum products and other hazardous substances in quantities sufficient to pose a threat to public health and the environment.  The legislature further finds that congress has adopted Subtitle I under the hazardous and solid waste amendments of 1984 (Public Law 98-616), which addresses the issue of leaking underground storage tanks and prescribes a new federal program to control this source of pollution.

          (2) The department of ecology shall, no later than December 31, 1986, after consulting with representatives of the business community, submit a report to the legislature which describes and assesses the nature of the underground storage tank problem in the state.  This report shall include, but is not limited to the following information:

          (a) The number of underground storage tanks in the state;

          (b) The location of underground storage tanks in the state;

          (c) The age, size, and materials used to construct tanks identified;

          (d) The substances stored in the tanks; and

          (e) Leak detection methods currently used.

          The report shall be accompanied by an overview of underground storage tank programs implemented or proposed for implementation in other selected states and the federal government, and shall include the costs and methods of funding those programs, and their cost-effectiveness.  The report shall include an overview of liability questions for leaking underground storage tanks.