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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5801

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Warnke and Pullen

Read first time 2/8/89 and referred to Committee on  Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to pollution in Lake Sawyer; creating a new section; making an appropriation; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     (1) The legislature finds that the Black Diamond sewage treatment center discharges an unacceptable level of phosphorus and that the effluent from the center contaminates Lake Sawyer.  This contamination has choked Lake Sawyer with an excess of nutrients and accelerated the eutrophication of the lake.  The legislature concurs with the environmental protection agency and the department of ecology in finding that the Black Diamond sewage treatment center has failed.

          (2) The legislature further finds that the city of Black Diamond is correct in finding that the best way to save Lake Sawyer is to connect the Black Diamond sewage treatment plant up to the facilities of the municipality of metropolitan Seattle.  Time is of the essence.  The legislature therefore directs the department of ecology to commence a pipeline project to accomplish this purpose immediately with funds appropriated in section 2 of this act.  The pipeline project shall be completed by June 30, 1990.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The sum of eighteen million five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, seventeen million dollars of which shall be from the water quality account, and one million five hundred thousand dollars from federal funds, to the department of ecology for the purposes of this act.  The department of ecology is encouraged to obtain additional federal funds to carry out the purposes of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1989.