H-0336.1

HOUSE BILL 1200

ByRepresentatives Caldier, Stokesbary, and Eslick

AN ACT Relating to requiring private operation of publicly owned sewerage systems that fail to achieve minimum water quality performance; and adding a new section to chapter 90.48 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 90.48 RCW to read as follows:

A public entity required to obtain a permit under RCW 90.48.162 for the disposal of waste material into the waters of the state must contract, after competitive solicitation, for the operation and maintenance of the public entity's waste disposal system within 12 months of events satisfying either of the following criteria:

(1) Sewage, sewage-contaminated wastewater, or sewage-contaminated stormwater are discharged in violation of the permit issued under this chapter in a volume that exceeds 500,000 gallons in a single discharge event; or

(2) Sewage, sewage-contaminated wastewater, or sewage-contaminated stormwater are discharged in violation of the permit issued under this chapter in a volume that exceeds 50,000 gallons in a single discharge event five or more times during any continuous 24-month period.

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