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2002 SESSION

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HB 1044 Unauthorized waste or oil discharges; notification requirements.

Introduced by: L. Karen Darner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Unauthorized waste or oil discharges; notification requirements. Requires a person who without authorization discharges sewage, waste or any noxious or deleterious substance into state waters, or with a reasonable expectation of entering state waters, to notify the emergency services director or coordinator of the affected locality within 24 hours of the discharge. Under current law, the person can notify either the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or the local emergency services coordinator. Changes current law to subject certain underground storage tanks to statutory discharge notification requirements from which they were previously excluded. This bill also requires the local emergency services director or his designee notify in writing all local neighborhood or civic associations whose members' property could reasonably be foreseen to be affected by certain unauthorized waste or oil discharges. The local emergency services director shall keep such associations informed until such time as the site has been remediated or the State Water Control Board determines that no further action is needed.


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