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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 577

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Relating to: regulating and monitoring airborne particulate matter and respirable silica and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Air pollution Alcohol and other drug abuse Mine and mining Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires an owner or operator of an industrial sand mining or

processing facility to monitor the ambient air near the facility for small crystalline

silica particles and other particulate matter and report the results to the Department

of Natural Resources (DNR). Under current law, DNR may require an owner or

operator of an air contaminant source to monitor the ambient air near the air

contaminant source and report the results.

This bill also requires DNR to promulgate an ambient air quality standard for

small crystalline silica particles. Under current law, DNR may promulgate an

ambient air quality standard for an air contaminant for which a standard has not

been promulgated under the federal Clean Air Act, but only if certain conditions are

met. Silica is not a contaminant for which a standard has been promulgated under

the federal Clean Air Act. This bill allows DNR to promulgate an ambient air quality

standard for crystalline silica without meeting the conditions required under current

law.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Harris Dodd (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D)

15 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Danou (D) , Goyke (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Vinehout, Harris Dodd, Miller and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Danou, Berceau, Billings, Brostoff, Considine, Goyke, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor, Wachs and Zepnick

  2. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1