6168-S.E AMH DEBO JOND 259

  

ESSB 6168 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-5169.3/20) 1696

By Representative DeBolt

ADOPTED 02/28/2020

On page 286, after line 4, insert the following:

"(39) The department must conduct a study of the environmental impacts of untreated wastewater discharged into Puget Sound on salmon populations. The study must include a comparison of the impacts of untreated wastewater on salmon to the impacts of other major pollutants in Puget Sound. The department must report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2020."

EFFECT:  Requires the Department of Ecology to conduct a study of the environmental impacts of untreated wastewater discharged into Puget Sound on salmon populations. 

FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

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