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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
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002IN 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.