Prefiled 12/26/2006. Read first time 01/08/2007.   Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

     AN ACT Relating to authorization for projects recommended by the public works board; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   Pursuant to chapter 43.155 RCW, the following project loans recommended by the public works board are authorized to be made with funds appropriated from the public works assistance account:
     (1) Airway Heights--sanitary sewer project--collection system improvements and an approximately 1 million gallon per day annual average flow wastewater treatment, reclamation, and groundwater recharge facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000,000
     (2) Annapolis water district--domestic water project--interior and exterior of surface water reservoir will be sandblasted and painted to preserve structural integrity of the tank and eliminate breaches in the paint coating systems. Structural repairs will also be made to the tank and foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . $595,000
     (3) Blaine--sanitary sewer project--construct a new wastewater treatment plant to serve the projected demand for the next twenty years, using the latest membrane filtering technology to produce reuse-quality water effluent to minimize impacts to local shell fishing
. . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000,000
     (4) Bremerton--sanitary sewer project--upgrade a sewage pump station to increase capacity from 1,900 gallons per minute to 3,500 gallons per minute, eliminating combined sewer overflows into the Puget Sound and meet a court order . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,000
     (5) Bremerton--sanitary sewer project--design and construct a treatment plant upgrade to address the vital needs of the plant, create redundancy for essential treatment processes, and replace twenty year old components and meet a court order . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000,000
     (6) Bremerton--sanitary sewer project--construct approximately 1,300 feet new sewer interceptor and collector pipe to replace old, failing shallow sewer and meet a court order . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
     (7) Chelan county public utility district no. 1--domestic water project--design and construct: Two pump stations to increase capacity from approximately 4,000 gallons per minute to approximately 6,000 gallons per minute; a two million gallon reservoir; and approximately 5,000 feet of twelve and sixteen-inch water transmission mains to provide a reliable water source for approximately 4,500 customers
. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,267,000
     (8) Cowlitz county--domestic water project--recoat the interior and exterior of four reservoirs to address areas of failure with the original coatings and protect the structural integrity of the reservoirs . . . . . . . . . . . . $340,000
     (9) Cross Valley water district--domestic water project--relocation and replacement of a failing water supply line that is located in an extremely wet cow pasture. Approximately 3,500 linear feet of asbestos cement line will be replaced with twelve-inch ductile iron pipe, including all valves, hydrants, and appurtenances as well as complete restoration and paving . . . . . . . . . . . . $532,525
     (10) East Wenatchee water district--domestic water project--construct approximately 6,000 lineal feet of twelve-inch water main that will serve as the supply main to the new approximately 1.5 million gallon reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,772,700
     (11) Friday Harbor--sanitary sewer project--construct a new offshore marine pipeline approximately 1,900 feet in length; a new pump station and approximately 3,650 feet of pipeline to the wastewater treatment plant . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,378,000
     (12) Grays Harbor county water district no. 1--domestic water project--provide adequate water supply from primary source to the north end of the system to mitigate low pressure problems and comply with a bilateral compliance agreement; extend distribution system to provide service to residences with failing individual supplies; construct standby power generation facilities for primary source of supply; and construct additional storage and pumping facilities to provide reliable service and fire flow . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,717,575
     (13) Lake Stevens sewer district--sanitary sewer project--construction of a state of the art membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment facility outside the flood plain and an interceptor line and pump station . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000,000
     (14) Mattawa--sanitary sewer project--complete public bidding and construction of the improvements consisting of an approximately 622,000 cubic foot HDPE lined long-term biosolids digestion basin, associated piping, rehabilitation of the existing biosolids drying beds, and fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . $465,585
     (15) Port Angeles--sanitary sewer project--design and construction of approximately 4,500 feet of thirty-inch sewer main to the headworks of the wastewater treatment plant . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,875,000
     (16) Snohomish--sanitary sewer project--construct a fifteen and ten-inch sewer to reach an existing pump station; extend the above sewer using an eight-inch pipe to another pump station; and replace an existing sewer with a ten-inch pipe to provide additional capacity for future service and to meet the conditions of a stipulated court order
. . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000,000
     (17) Toppenish--sanitary sewer project--construct a single activated sludge process to replace the existing wastewater treatment facility, including the installation of ultraviolet disinfection channels to replace chlorine gas. The solids handling system will also be improved . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000,000
     (18) Walla Walla--sanitary sewer project--the third and final upgrade at the wastewater treatment plant to meet class A water reuse standards and to comply with an agreed order from the department of ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,856,875
     (19) Yakima--sanitary sewer project--replacement of chlorine gas with ultraviolet disinfection at the Yakima regional wastewater treatment plant to complete the first phase of the facility improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,300,000

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   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 takes effect immediately.