CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2716

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 6, 1996   Yeas 96   Nays 1 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 7, 1996   Yeas 32   Nays 14

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2716 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2716

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             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Chandler and Chappell

Read first time 01/17/96.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Concerning waste discharge permits.

    AN ACT Relating to review of renewal of waste discharge permits; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.21C RCW to read as follows:

    The issuance, reissuance, or modification of a waste discharge permit that contains conditions no less stringent than federal effluent limitations and state rules is not subject to the requirements of RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c).  This exemption applies to existing discharges only and does not apply to new source discharges.

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