2338-S2 AMH IRWI LIPS 464

2SHB 2338 - H AMD 913

By Representative Irwin

    On page 7, after line 35, insert the following:

    "(3) By June 1, 2019 and each June 1 thereafter, a regional transit authority created under RCW 81.112 must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature. The report must contain estimates of the transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions associated with the following aspects of authority activities during the previous calendar year: 

    (a) Greenhouse gas emissions from the operations of buses;

    (b) Greenhouse gas emissions from the operations of other motor vehicles operated by the authority;

    (c) Greenhouse gas emissions from the operations of trains on rail fixed guideway systems;

    (d) Greenhouse gas emissions from the operations of trains on other rail systems;

    (f) Greenhouse gas emissions from associated with the manufacture of materials used by the authority for facility and infrastructure construction, such as concrete, steel, and glass, during the manufacture of which greenhouse gases were emitted; and

    (g) Greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of construction equipment on facility and infrastructure construction projects managed by the authority. Qualifying construction equipment operational emissions under this subsection (g) includes, but is not limited to, the emissions from vehicles used to  haul construction materials and equipment to a site, the emissions from earthmoving equipment, and the emissions from vehicles and equipment used for demolition purposes such as excavators, loaders, and bulldozers."

EFFECT:  Requires a regional transit authority to annually submit certain information to the appropriate committees of the Legislature regarding the greenhouse gas emissions associated with certain authority fleet operation and construction activities.  

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