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ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5501
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AS AMENDED BY TH HOUSE
C 259 L 87
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Vognild, Metcalf, Nelson, Rasmussen and Talmadge)
Read first time 3/9/87.
AN ACT Relating to aquatic land dredged material disposal sites; adding new sections to chapter 79.90 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the department of natural resources provides, manages, and monitors aquatic land disposal sites on state-owned aquatic lands for materials dredged from rivers, harbors, and shipping lanes. These disposal sites are approved through a cooperative planning process by the departments of natural resources and ecology, the United States corps of engineers, and the United States environmental protection agency in cooperation with the Puget Sound water quality authority. These disposal sites are essential to the commerce and well being of the citizens of the state of Washington. Management and environmental monitoring of these sites are necessary to protect environmental quality and to assure appropriate use of state-owned aquatic lands. The creation of an aquatic land dredged material disposal site account is a reasonable means to enable and facilitate proper management and environmental monitoring of these disposal sites.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The aquatic land dredged material disposal site account is hereby established in the state treasury. The account shall consist of funds appropriated to the account; funds transferred or paid to the account pursuant to settlements; court or administrative agency orders or judgments; gifts and grants to the account; and all funds received by the department of natural resources from users of aquatic land dredged material disposal sites. After appropriation, moneys in the fund may be spent only for the management and environmental monitoring of aquatic land dredged material disposal sites. The account is subject to the allotment procedure provided under chapter 43.88 RCW. Notwithstanding RCW 43.84.090, all earnings of investments of balances in the account shall be credited to the account.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The department of natural resources shall, from time to time, estimate the costs of site management and environmental monitoring at aquatic land dredged material disposal sites and may, by rule, establish fees for use of such sites in amounts no greater than necessary to cover the estimated costs. All such revenues shall be placed in the aquatic land dredged material disposal site account under section 2 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. Sections 1 through 3 of this act are each added to chapter 79.90 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect on July 1, 1987.