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               BILL REQUEST - CODE REVISER'S OFFICE

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BILL REQ. #:        H-4661.1/02

ATTY/TYPIST:        KB:mos

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

6609 AMH AGEC H4661.1

SB 6609 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Agriculture & Ecology

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 43.21A.130 and 1987 c 505 s 28 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In addition to any other powers granted the director, the director may undertake studies dealing with all aspects of environmental problems involving land, water, or air((:  PROVIDED, That)); however, in the absence of specific legislative authority, such studies shall be limited to investigations of particular problems, and shall not be implemented by positive action.

(2) Any studies conducted by the department in order to establish the total maximum daily load of a water body, or other water quality measure, must involve meaningful participation and opportunities to comment by the local watershed planning group established in chapter 90.82 RCW, the local governments whose jurisdictions are within the affected watershed, and any affected citizen who notifies the department of his or her interest in participation."

    Correct the title.

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