1015.E AMS FRAS S-2657.1

1015.E AMS FRAS S2657.1

EHB 1015 - S AMD 287

By Senator Fraser

WITHDRAWN 04/12/01

On page 1, after line 10, insert the following:

"Sec. 2. RCW 90.76.005 and 1989 c 346 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The legislature finds that leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum and other regulated substances pose a serious threat to human health and the environment. To address this threat, the legislature intends for the department of ecology to establish an underground storage tank program designed, operated, and enforced in a manner that, at a minimum, meets the requirements for delegation of the federal underground storage tank program of the resource conservation and recovery act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et seq.). The legislature intends that statewide requirements for underground storage tanks adopted by the department be consistent with and no less stringent than the objectives outlined in the federal regulations.

The legislature further finds that certain areas of the state possess physical characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to threats from leaking underground storage tanks and that in these environmentally sensitive areas, local requirements more stringent than the statewide requirements may apply. The legislature also intends that the department of ecology provide additional information, regarding the location of the sites where leaking storage tanks have caused contamination in environmentally sensitive areas, to local governments and the public.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 90.76 RCW to read as follows:

The department shall, by January 1, 2003, develop a geographic information system mapping program identifying environmentally sensitive areas, including wellhead protection areas, that have been contaminated with methyl tertiary-butyl ether from leaking underground storage tanks. The mapping system shall be made available to local governments and the public.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 2003, from the state toxics control account to the department of ecology for the purposes of section 3 of this act."

EHB 1015 - S AMD 287

By Senator Fraser

WITHDRAWN 04/12/01

On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "additives;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 90.76.005; adding a new section to chapter 19.112 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 90.76 RCW; and making an appropriation."