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                          HOUSE BILL 2423

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Pennington, Hatfield, Boldt and Haigh

Read first time 01/12/2000.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

Allowing for the disposal of Mt. St. Helen's dredge spoils from public or private lands.

    AN ACT Relating to dredge spoils; and amending RCW 79.90.160.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 79.90.160 and 1989 c 213 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

    The legislature finds and declares that, due to the extraordinary volume of material washed down onto state-owned beds and shorelands in the Toutle river, Coweeman river, and portions of the Cowlitz river, the dredge spoils placed upon adjacent publicly and privately owned property in such areas, if further disposed, will be of nominal value to the state and that it is in the best interests of the state to allow further disposal without charge.

    All dredge spoil or materials removed from the state-owned beds and shores of the Toutle river, Coweeman river and that portion of the Cowlitz river from two miles above the confluence of the Toutle river to its mouth deposited on adjacent public and private lands during the years 1980 through December 31, 1995, as a result of dredging of these rivers for navigation and flood control purposes may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of by owners of such lands without the necessity of any charge by the department of natural resources and free and clear of any interest of the department of natural resources of the state of Washington.

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