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SENATE BILL NO. 1088 – Outstanding resource watr/designate

SENATE BILL NO. 1088

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S1088..........................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATER - Amends existing law to provide an annual
designation deadline for outstanding resource waters; to provide that
designations are to be made to the Board of Environmental Quality; to
provide for designation of water bodies; to delete reference to
recommendations by the board of certain stream segments; to provide for
initial nominating reports; to provide for legislative determination of
those water bodies to be included in the director of the Department of
Environmental Quality's final nominating report; to provide for public
notice and comment; to provide for determination of outstanding resource
waters by the Legislature; and to provide that designated agencies shall
submit best management practices for certain activities concurrent with
submission of the final nominating report for outstanding resource waters.
                                                                        
02/08    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to Res/Env

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1088
                                                                        
                           BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS; AMENDING SECTION 39-3617, IDAHO CODE,
  3        TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL DESIGNATION DEADLINE,  TO  STRIKE  REFERENCE  TO  THE
  4        BOARD  OF  HEALTH  AND  WELFARE AND TO PROVIDE THAT DESIGNATIONS ARE TO BE
  5        MADE TO THE BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGNATION
  6        OF WATER BODIES, TO STRIKE REFERENCE TO RECOMMENDATION  BY  THE  BOARD  OF
  7        CERTAIN STREAM SEGMENTS FOR DESIGNATION AS OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS, TO
  8        PROVIDE  FOR INITIAL NOMINATING REPORTS, TO PROVIDE FOR LEGISLATIVE DETER-
  9        MINATION OF THOSE WATER BODIES TO BE  INCLUDED  IN  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
 10        DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY'S FINAL NOMINATING REPORT, TO STRIKE A
 11        REFERENCE  TO  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE'S LIST OF CERTAIN OUT-
 12        STANDING RESOURCE WATERS, TO PROVIDE FOR FINAL NOMINATING REPORTS, TO PRO-
 13        VIDE FOR PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT AND TO  PROVIDE  FOR  DETERMINATION  OF
 14        OUTSTANDING  RESOURCE WATERS BY THE LEGISLATURE; AMENDING SECTION 39-3620,
 15        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT DESIGNATED AGENCIES SHALL SUBMIT BEST  MANAGE-
 16        MENT  PRACTICES  FOR  CERTAIN ACTIVITIES CONCURRENT WITH SUBMISSION OF THE
 17        FINAL NOMINATING REPORT FOR OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS AND TO STRIKE REF-
 18        ERENCE TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE AND TO DESIGNATE  THE  BOARD  OF
 19        ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
                                                                        
 20    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 21        SECTION  1.  That  Section 39-3617, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 22    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 23        39-3617.  DESIGNATION OF OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS.  (1)  On  or  before
 24    July 1, aAny person may request, in writing to the board of health and welfare
 25    environmental  quality, that a stream segment may water body be considered for
 26    designation as an outstanding resource water. The board shall recommend to the
 27    legislature those stream segments the board proposes for designation  as  out-
 28    standing  resource waters prepare an initial nominating report consisting of a
 29    list of all nominations and a list of those nominated water  bodies  that  the
 30    board  recommends  for further study as outstanding resource waters and submit
 31    them to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem-
 32    pore of the senate prior to the beginning of the legislative session. The leg-
 33    islature shall determine by law which such stream  segments  to  designate  as
 34    outstanding  resource  waters those water bodies for which the director of the
 35    department of environmental quality shall prepare a final nominating report.
 36        (2)  Stream segments so designated shall be included in  a  list  of  out-
 37    standing  resource  waters  to  be  compiled  and updated by the department of
 38    health and welfare in its rules governing water quality standards Final  nomi-
 39    nating  reports  shall  be prepared by the department of environmental quality
 40    and the appropriate designated agencies for the next legislative session.  The
 41    reports  shall  include a monitoring plan deemed adequate by the department of
 42    environmental quality to identify the existing level of water quality and  the
 43    best  management  practices  necessary  to protect the existing level of water
                                                                        
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  1    quality in accordance with section 39-3620, Idaho Code. The board shall review
  2    the final nominating report and make a final recommendation to the legislature
  3    regarding outstanding resource water status for the waters  discussed  in  the
  4    report,  after  public  notice and comment. The legislature shall determine by
  5    law those water bodies to designate as outstanding resource waters.
  6        (3)  Interim status or special protection shall not be provided to streams
  7    recommended by the board prior to legislative designation  as  an  outstanding
  8    resource water.
  9        (4)  No  state agency shall delay actions, or deny or delay the processing
 10    or approval of any permit for a nonpoint source activity based  on  nomination
 11    of  a  segment  for designation as an outstanding resource water, or while the
 12    legislature is considering such designation.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 2.  That Section 39-3620, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        39-3620.  APPROVAL  PROVISIONS  FOR  BEST  MANAGEMENT  PRACTICES  FOR  NEW
 16    NONPOINT  SOURCE  ACTIVITIES  ON  OR AFFECTING OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS. No
 17    person may conduct a new nonpoint source activity on or affecting an outstand-
 18    ing resource water, except for a short-term or temporary activity as set forth
 19    in section 39-3602, Idaho Code, prior to approval by the designated agency  as
 20    provided in this section.
 21        (1)    Within  six (6) months of designation of an Concurrent with submit-
 22    ting the final nominating report for any outstanding resource water by to  the
 23    legislature,  the designated agency shall develop submit best management prac-
 24    tices for existing and reasonably foreseeable new nonpoint source  activities.
 25    In developing best management practices the designated agencies shall:
 26        (a)  Solicit  technical  advice  from state and federal agencies, research
 27        institutions, and universities and consult with affected landowners,  land
 28        managers, operators, and the public; and
 29        (b)  Shall  assure that all public participation processes required by law
 30        have been completed, but if no public participation process is required by
 31        law, will require public notification and the opportunity to comment;
 32        (c)  Recommend proposed best management practices to the board  of  health
 33        and welfare environmental quality.
 34        (2)  The  board of health and welfare environmental quality and designated
 35    agencies shall adopt the proposed best management practices that are  in  com-
 36    pliance  with the rules and regulations governing water quality standards, and
 37    based on the  recommendations  of  the  designated  agency  and  the  comments
 38    received during the public participation process;
 39        (3)  After  adoption, these best management practices will be known as the
 40    outstanding resource water best management practices and will be published  by
 41    the  designated  agency.  Outstanding  resource water approved best management
 42    practices will be reviewed and revised where needed by the  designated  agency
 43    every  four (4) years in consultation with the department, landowners, federal
 44    managers, operators and the public to determine conformance with objectives of
 45    this act;
 46        (4)  Following adoption  of  best  management  practices,  the  designated
 47    agency  shall  require implementation of applicable outstanding resource water
 48    best management practices which will assure that water quality of an outstand-
 49    ing resource water is not lowered;
 50        (5)  Where outstanding resource water best management practices  have  not
 51    been  adopted as set forth in subsections (1) through (4) of this section, the
 52    designated agency shall:
 53        (a)  Assure that all public participation processes required by  law  have
                                                                        
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  1        been completed, but if no public participation process is required by law,
  2        the  designated  agency  shall  provide for public notification of the new
  3        activity and the opportunity to comment;
  4        (b)  Determine that the site-specific best management  practices  selected
  5        for a new nonpoint source activity are designed to ensure that water qual-
  6        ity of the outstanding resource water is not lowered; and
  7        (c)  Provide  for review by the department that the activity is in compli-
  8        ance with rules and regulations governing water quality standards.
  9        (6)  When the applicable outstanding resource water best management  prac-
 10    tices  are  applied,  the  landowner, land manager, or operator applying those
 11    practices will be in compliance with the provisions of this act. In the  event
 12    water quality is lowered, the outstanding resource water best management prac-
 13    tices will be revised within a time frame established by the designated agency
 14    to ensure water quality is restored.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                            RS 10942
                                
    The proposed legislation enables, on or before July 1, any
    person may file a written request to the Board of Environmental
    Quality for the consideration of a water body to be designated as
    an outstanding resource water. The board shall then prepare an
    initial nominating report setting forth all nominations and
    listing those water bodies recommended by the Board for further
    study. The initial nominating report shall be submitted to the
    Legislature for determination of a final nominating report.
    
    Final nominating reports shall be prepared by DEQ and the
    appropriate designated agencies for consideration by the next
    legislative session. The report shall include a monitoring plan
    identifying the existing level of water quality and the best
    management practices necessary to protect the existing level of
    water quality. The board shall make final recommendation to the
    legislature after a public notice and comment period. The
    designation of outstanding resource waters shall be determined by
    the legislature.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
                                
    Possible positive fiscal impact due to agency action as
    directed by Legislature.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Contact
          Name:
          Senator Laird Noh
           332 1333
    
    
    
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                                                                    S 108