6187-S AMS HONE GORR 010

SSB 6187 - S AMD 750

By Senator Honeyford

NOT ADOPTED 2/25/04

On page 86, line 36, strike the appropriation and insert "$59,506,000".

0n page 89, on line 6, strike all of subsection (9) through line 12, and insert the following: "(9) $238,000 of the state toxics control account – state appropriation is provided solely to (a) implement the mercury chemical action plan; (b) fund rulemaking to select future chemicals for action plans; and (c) provide ongoing funding for development and implementation of future chemical action plans. Any pesticide with a valid registration on or after the effective date of this act issued by the environmental protection agency under the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq, or any fertilizer regulated under the Washington fertilizer act, RCW 15.54, shall not be included in a persistent bioaccumulative toxin rulemaking process, list, or chemical action plan undertaken by the department of ecology."

Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: Exempts certain chemicals from inclusion in the Department of Ecology's bioaccumulative toxin rulemaking process, list or chemical action plans.