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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2423
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Pennington, Hatfield, Boldt and Haigh)
Read first time 01/28/2000. Referred to Committee on .
AN ACT Relating to dredge spoils; amending RCW 79.90.160; and adding a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 47.04 RCW to read as follows:
The legislature finds and declares that the December 20, 1993, Washington state conveyance of the Mt. St. Helens recovery program, CR601F site, to the city of Castle Rock, should be amended to enable the city to use dredge spoil revenues for recreational purposes adjacent to the Cowlitz river in the city limits of Castle Rock, and also those other properties owned by the city of Castle Rock that are adjacent to the Cowlitz river.
The legislature further declares that the department of transportation shall execute sufficient legal release to accomplish the following:
(1) Dredge spoil revenues from the CR601F site must be dedicated for recreational facilities and recreational administration cost throughout the defined area listed above;
(2) Any mining excavation must meet the requirements of the shoreline management act of 1971 as identified in chapter 90.58 RCW;
(3) All other requirements in the December 20, 1993, conveyance between the state of Washington and the city of Castle Rock will remain in effect; and
(4) The CR601F site remains subject to any agreements with the United States army corps of engineers and other agencies of the federal government.
Sec. 2. RCW 79.90.160 and 1989 c 213 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
The legislature finds and declares that, due to the extraordinary volume of material washed down onto state-owned beds and shorelands in the Toutle river, Coweeman river, and portions of the Cowlitz river, the dredge spoils placed upon adjacent publicly and privately owned property in such areas, if further disposed, will be of nominal value to the state and that it is in the best interests of the state to allow further disposal without charge.
All dredge spoil or materials removed from the state-owned beds and shores of the Toutle river, Coweeman river and that portion of the Cowlitz river from two miles above the confluence of the Toutle river to its mouth deposited on adjacent public and private lands during the years 1980 through December 31, 1995, as a result of dredging of these rivers for navigation and flood control purposes may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of by owners of such lands without the necessity of any charge by the department of natural resources and free and clear of any interest of the department of natural resources of the state of Washington.
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