Passed by the Senate March 6, 2012 YEAS 45 NAYS 2 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 2, 2012 YEAS 97 NAYS 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5343 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved March 30, 2012, 1:13 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED March 30, 2012 Secretary of State State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to air emissions from anaerobic digesters; adding a new section to chapter 70.94 RCW; and creating new sections.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 70.94 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A generator operating at an electric generating project with an installed generator capacity of at least seven hundred fifty kilowatts but not exceeding one thousand kilowatts, that is in operation on the effective date of this act and began operating after 2008, and that is located on agricultural lands of long-term commercial significance pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW, is granted an extended compliance period for permit provisions related to the emissions limit for sulfur established by the department or a local air authority until December 31, 2016, if it is fueled by biogas that is produced by an anaerobic digester that qualifies for the solid waste permitting exemption specified in RCW 70.95.330.
     (2) A generator that meets the requirements in subsection (1) of this section may not be located in a federally designated nonattainment or maintenance area.
     (3) Upon request, the department or a local air authority must provide technical assistance to a generator meeting the requirements in subsection (1) of this section to assist the generator in reducing its emissions in order to meet the requirements in this chapter.
     (4) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (a) "Anaerobic digester" means a vessel that processes organic material into biogas and digestate using microorganisms in a decomposition process within a closed, oxygen-free container.
     (b) "Generator" means an internal combustion engine that converts biogas into electricity, and includes any back-up combustion device to burn biogas when an engine is idled for maintenance.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 (1) By December 1, 2012, the department of ecology must submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature containing information regarding the degree to which current state air quality regulations consider different feed sources for anaerobic digesters and strategies to address the different feed sources used in anaerobic digesters. The department of ecology must consult with interested parties in drafting the report.
(2) The definitions in section 1(4) of this act apply throughout this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2012, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.