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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 132 – Coeur d’Alene Basin remediation

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 132

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SCR132...............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
COEUR D'ALENE BASIN - Stating findings of the Legislature regarding Idaho's
interests in the cleanup plan for the Coeur d'Alene Basin; and supporting
efforts of the executive branch to secure and implement a final plan that
builds the local economy and protects human health and the environment.
                                                                        
02/28    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/01    Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
03/04    10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to House
03/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to Env Aff
03/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/11    To enrol
03/12    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/13    To Secretary of State

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 132
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE STATE OF  IDAHO'S  INTERESTS
  3        IN  THE CLEANUP PLAN FOR THE COEUR D'ALENE BASIN AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF
  4        THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO SECURE AND IMPLEMENT A FINAL PLAN THAT BUILDS  THE
  5        LOCAL ECONOMY AND PROTECTS HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        WHEREAS,  the Legislature has reviewed the efforts of the Governor and the
  8    Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to provide input to the  Environmen-
  9    tal  Protection Agency's proposed plan to address heavy metal contamination in
 10    the Coeur d'Alene Basin; and
 11        WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency is  taking  comments  on  the
 12    proposed  plan  in  advance  of  issuing a record of decision adopting a final
 13    plan; and
 14        WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the state of Idaho to have an affordable
 15    and common sense plan that  protects  public  health,  restores  environmental
 16    quality and invigorates a depressed economy in the Silver Valley; and
 17        WHEREAS,  it  is in the interest of the state of Idaho to have a plan that
 18    brings certainty about the extent and duration  of  cleanup  activity  and  is
 19    focused  on  initiating  and  concluding cost-effective work that demonstrably
 20    benefits human health and the environment; and
 21        WHEREAS, the First Regular Session of the  Fifty-sixth  Idaho  Legislature
 22    passed  into  law House Bill No. 256, As Amended, also know as the Basin Envi-
 23    ronmental Improvement Act, which provided for creation of  the  Coeur  d'Alene
 24    Basin   Environmental   Improvement   Commission  to  implement  environmental
 25    remediation, natural resource restoration  and  related  measures  to  address
 26    heavy metal contamination in the Coeur d'Alene Basin.
 27        NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
 28    sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of  Repre-
 29    sentatives concurring therein, that we support the efforts and comments by the
 30    Governor  and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to ensure that the
 31    Environmental Protection Agency's record of decision will provide certainty to
 32    the citizenry of the Coeur d'Alene Basin, will clearly identify both the areas
 33    and actual remediation work that is necessary and will be implemented  through
 34    the  Coeur d'Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Commission in a manner that
 35    builds the local economy and protects human health and the environment.