HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1636

BYRepresentatives Spanel, Vekich, Rust, Taylor, Walker, Lux, Braddock, K. Wilson, Fox, Todd and May

Providing for the retention of records by energy recovery or incineration facilities.

House Committe on Environmental Affairs

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (11)

      Signed by Representatives Rust, Chair; Valle, Vice Chair; Brekke, Ferguson, Jesernig, Lux, Pruitt, D. Sommers, Sprenkle, Unsoeld and Walker.

Minority Report:  Do not pass.  (1)

      Signed by Representative Schoon.

House Staff:Susan Gulick (786-7116)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 16, 1988

BACKGROUND:

Rules adopted by the Department of Ecology require that owners or operators of incinerators maintain an inspection log containing information on the facility for at least three years from the date of inspection.  The records must be made available to jurisdictional health departments upon their request.  There are no statutory requirements regarding the maintenance of records.

SUMMARY:

All incinerators must retain records of monitoring and operation data for a minimum of ten years after permanent closure of the incinerator.

Fiscal Note:      No Impact.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Representative Harriet Spanel; Don Bockelman.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    It is essential that incinerators keep good records.  If records are not kept for a minimum of ten years monitoring is not effective.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.