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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 111 – Clean Water Act/wetlands/committee

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 111

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SCR111.........................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
CLEAN WATER ACT - WETLANDS - Stating findings of the Legislature and
directing the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, with the
cooperation of the Department of Water Resources and other state agencies
and interested parties, to investigate state primacy for the Clean Water
Act Section 404 Wetlands Programs and report recommendations to the First
Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh Legislature.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 111
                                                                        
                           BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND  DIRECTING  THE  IDAHO  DEPARTMENT  OF
  3        ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  WITH  THE  COOPERATION  OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER
  4        RESOURCES AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND INTERESTED PARTIES  TO  INVESTIGATE
  5        STATE  PRIMACY  FOR  THE CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 404 WETLANDS PROGRAMS AND
  6        REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF  THE  FIFTY-SEVENTH
  7        IDAHO LEGISLATURE.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        WHEREAS,  Idaho statutes place authority over the Clean Water Act 404 pro-
 10    grams, more commonly known as the "Wetlands Programs" in the Idaho  Department
 11    of Environmental Quality and the Idaho Department of Water Resources, however,
 12    neither  agency  has  specific authority to seek primacy for the Wetlands Pro-
 13    grams; and
 14        WHEREAS, the Clean Water Act Section 404 programs for Idaho are  currently
 15    administered  by  the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental
 16    Protection Agency; and
 17        WHEREAS, primacy delegation of federal programs to the states  is  complex
 18    and  will require careful investigation into federal statutes, rules and regu-
 19    lations before any delegation takes place; and
 20        WHEREAS, there is evidence that there will  be  federal  support  for  the
 21    state to take primacy for Clean Water Act Section 404 programs.
 22        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
 23    of  the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
 24    tives concurring therein, that it is legislative intent that the Idaho Depart-
 25    ment of Environmental Quality, with the cooperation of the Department of Water
 26    Resources, take the lead in establishing a committee  to  investigate  primacy
 27    for  the  Clean Water Act Section 404 programs for Idaho. The committee should
 28    include interested state agencies, federal agencies,  and  other  parties  and
 29    periodically  report  progress to the Joint Environmental Common Sense Commit-
 30    tee. If the committee determines that primacy is desirable  they  shall  draft
 31    necessary  statutory  changes and present them to the First Regular Session of
 32    the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                           RS 11063
                               
This resolution directs the Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) in cooperation with the Department of Water
Resources, to form a committee to investigate the merits and
consequences of the State taking primacy for the Clean Water
Act Section 404 Programs, more commonly known as the Wetlands
Programs, and report their findings and recommendations to the
legislature.





                          FISCAL NOTE
                               
                               
The cost of this work will be primarily paid by a federal grant
of $50,000. If the DEQ Committee recommends primacy and the
2002 legislature approves, it would likely take three years to
fully implement state primacy.

When fully implemented it is expected to require seven FTEs.
Some limited federal grant money to aid in primacy transition
may be available.


CONTACT: Dave Mabe, DEQ            Phone# (208) 373 0194
         Senator Hal Bunderson                     (208) 332 1000
        Representative Jack Barraclough   (208) 332 1000
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE               SCR 11