6001-S.E AMH MORR RICH 137

ESSB 6001 - H AMD TO H AMD (H3547.1) 847

By Representative Morris

ADOPTED 4/12/2007

   On page 8, line 25 of the amendment, after "schedule;" insert the following:

   "(e) Provisions for an owner to purchase emissions reductions in the event of the failure of a sequestration plan under subsection (12);"

   Renumber the subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

   On page 9, line 10 of the amendment, after "chapter 80.50 RCW" strike all material through "certification" on line 36 and insert the following:

   "shall make a good faith effort to implement the sequestration plan. If the project owner determines that implementation is not feasible, the project owner shall submit documentation of that determination to the energy facility site evaluation council. The documentation shall demonstrate the steps taken to implement the sequestration plan and evidence of the technological and economic barriers to successful implementation. The project owner shall then provide to the energy facility site evaluation council notification that they shall implement the plan that requires the project owner to meet the greenhouse gases emissions performance standard by purchasing verifiable greenhouse gases emissions reductions from an electric generating facility located within the western interconnection, where the reduction would not have occurred otherwise or absent this contractual agreement, such that the sum of the emissions reductions purchased and the facility's emissions meets the standard for the life of the facility"

EFFECT: Removes provisions relating to procedures a project owner is required to take to amend a site certification agreement following a good faith effort to implement a sequestration plan that the owner determines is infeasible.

         Requires the project owner to submit documentation to the    Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council of the project owners    determination that implementation of the sequestration plan in    not feasible.

         Specifies that the documentation demonstrate the steps    taken to implement the sequestration plan and evidence of the    technological and economic barriers to successful implementation of the sequestration plan.

         Requires the project owner to provide to the Energy    Facility Site Evaluation Council notification that they shall    implement the plan that requires the project owner to meet the    greenhouse gases emissions performance standard by purchasing    verifiable greenhouse gases emissions reductions from an    electric generating facility located within the western    interconnection, where the reduction would not have occurred    otherwise or absent this contractual agreement, such that the    sum of the emissions reductions purchased and the facility's    emissions meets the standard for the life of the facility.