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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 - 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.