1866-S2.E AMS FAIR WILB 010

E2SHB 1866 - S AMD to S COMM AMD (S-3041.1/97)-374

    By Senators Fairley, Thibaudeau and Fraser

                                              NOT ADOPTED 4/18/097

    On page 2, after line 27 delete all of section 3 and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  (1) An environmental excellence program agreement will achieve better results than would otherwise be required by existing law or reasonably anticipated future requirements.  Agreements will allow for exemptions from existing law only in so far as those exemptions are necessary to achieve better results.

    (2) Under no circumstances shall an environmental excellence program agreement result in increased risk to human health or the environment.  Moreover, no agreement shall exceed any adopted numeric standard designed to protect human health or the environment."

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: Deletes provisions allowing agreements that provide for more "efficient" environmental results and limit agreements to achieving "better" results.  Also adopts standard that prohibits increased risk to health or the environment, and provides a more expansive prohibition on waiving numeric standards.