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HOUSE BILL NO. 676 – Hazardous waste transp/permits/fees

HOUSE BILL NO. 676

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H0676aa............................................by ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
HAZARDOUS WASTE - TRANSPORTATION - Amends existing law to provide
references to radioactive materials; to set forth permit requirements for
persons who transport certain nuclear wastes; and to provide for permit
fees.
                                                                        
02/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16    Rpt prt - to Env Aff
02/19    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/20    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/23    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/26    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 44-22-4
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Bauer, Bell, Black, Block, Boe,
      Campbell, Cannon, Cuddy, Denney, Douglas, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Field(18), Field(23), Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Langford,
      Langhorst, Martinez, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart,
      Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Shepherd, Shirley,
      Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail,
      Wills
      NAYS -- Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bolz, Bradford, Clark, Collins, Crow,
      Eberle, Eskridge, Gagner, Garrett, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, McGeachin,
      McKague, Moyle, Ridinger, Roberts, Sali, Wood
      Absent and excused -- Deal, Naccarato, Schaefer, Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsors - Smith(30) & Meyer
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/11    Rpt out - to 14th Ord

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 676
                                                                        
                             BY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE; AMENDING SECTION 49-2202, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE
  3        THE FEES APPLICABLE TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND  TO  MAKE
  4        TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section 49-2202, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        49-2202.  PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTERS OF  HAZARDOUS  WASTES.  (1)
  9    Every person, including a private carrier or a common or contract carrier, who
 10    operates  a  vehicle on any highway of this state transporting hazardous waste
 11    shall first procure from the department an annual or single  trip  permit  for
 12    each  vehicle  so  driven in which the shipment meets any one of the following
 13    qualifiers:
 14        (a)  Is required to be placarded pursuant to title  49,  code  of  federal
 15        regulations, part CFR 172;
 16        (b)  Is manifested on a United States environmental protection agency uni-
 17        form  hazardous  waste manifest form 8700-22 and 8700-22aA, or its equiva-
 18        lent;
 19        (c)  Is any waste  material  containing  polychlorinated  biphenyls  (PCB)
 20        which is regulated by title 40, code of federal regulations, part CFR 761;
 21        but  in the event waste material is being transported to a disposal facil-
 22        ity approved in compliance with 40 CFR 761.70  or  40 CFR  761.75  and  is
 23        accompanied  by  a  hazardous waste manifest form 8700-22 or 8700-22aA, or
 24        its equivalent,  then  a  permit  shall  be  required  regardless  of  the
 25        polychlorinated biphenyl concentration.
 26    This  permit  shall  be  available  for  examination and shall be displayed in
 27    accordance with rules adopted by the department. The provisions of  this  sec-
 28    tion  shall  not apply to vehicles owned by any city, county, state or federal
 29    governmental department or agency, special purpose district  created  pursuant
 30    to law or rural electric cooperatives.
 31        (2)  The  fee for a single trip permit for the transportation of hazardous
 32    waste shall be twenty seventy dollars ($270.00).
 33        (3)  The fee for an annual permit  for  the  transportation  of  hazardous
 34    waste shall be two five hundred fifty dollars ($2500).
 35        (4)  Any  carrier  required to pay the fees assessed pursuant to this sec-
 36    tion is authorized to pass along such fees to the shipping party.  No  portion
 37    of the fees shall be prorated, reduced or transferred to another vehicle.
 38        (5)  The  department  may select vendors to serve as agents on state high-
 39    ways for the purpose of selling hazardous waste permits where fixed  ports  of
 40    entry  do  not  adequately  serve a respective highway entering the state. The
 41    vendor shall be remunerated at the rate of  two  dollars  ($2.00)  per  permit
 42    sold, and he shall collect the fees provided in this section, and pay the fees
 43    to  the department. The vendor shall guarantee payment by giving a bond to the
                                                                        
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  1    state of Idaho in a sum as shall be fixed by the department,  the  premium  on
  2    the bond to be paid by the department.
  3        (6)  The  operation  of a vehicle, which is subject to the permit require-
  4    ments of this section in a negligent manner is a violation of  the  provisions
  5    of this chapter.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Smith (30)          
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Meyer               
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                              HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 676
                                                                        
  1                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 8, following "WASTES" insert:  "AND
  3    RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS"; in line 10, following "waste" insert: "or radioactive
  4    materials"; following line 30 insert:
  5        "(2)  Every person, including a private carrier or a  common  or  contract
  6    carrier,  who  operates  a  vehicle  on any highway of this state transporting
  7    nuclear waste being transported to the Idaho national environmental and  engi-
  8    neering  laboratory  (INEEL) or the waste isolation pilot plant in New Mexico,
  9    to any facility established pursuant to section 135 of  the  federal  "Nuclear
 10    Waste  Policy Act of 1982" as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq., to any reposi-
 11    tory licensed for the permanent deep geological disposal of high-level  radio-
 12    active  waste  and spent nuclear fuel, or to any monitored retrievable storage
 13    facility established pursuant to section 141 of  the  federal  "Nuclear  Waste
 14    Policy  Act  of  1982"  as  amended shall first procure from the department an
 15    annual or single trip permit for each vehicle so driven. This permit shall  be
 16    available  for  examination  and  shall  be displayed in accordance with rules
 17    adopted by the department. The fee for a single trip permit for the  transpor-
 18    tation of such nuclear waste shall be seventy dollars ($70.00). The fee for an
 19    annual  permit for the transportation of such nuclear waste shall be five hun-
 20    dred dollars ($500).";
 21    in line 31, delete "(2)" and insert: "(23)"; in line 32, delete  "twenty  sev-
 22    enty  dollars  ($270.00)"  and  insert: "twenty dollars ($20.00)"; in line 33,
 23    delete "(3)" and insert: "(34)"; in line 34, delete "two  five  hundred  fifty
 24    dollars  ($2500)"  and insert: "two hundred fifty dollars ($250)"; in line 35,
 25    delete "(4)" and insert: "(45)"; in line 38, delete "(5)" and insert:  "(56)";
 26    and on page 2, in line 3, delete "(6)" and insert: "(67)".
                                                                        
 27                                 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
 28        On page 1, delete lines 2 through 4 and insert:
 29    "RELATING  TO  HAZARDOUS  WASTE  AND  RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS; AMENDING SECTION
 30        49-2202, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE REFERENCES TO  RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS,  TO
 31        SET  FORTH  PERMIT  REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WHO TRANSPORT CERTAIN NUCLEAR
 32        WASTES, TO PROVIDE FOR PERMIT FEES AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                               HOUSE BILL NO. 676, As Amended
                                                                        
                             BY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO  HAZARDOUS  WASTE  AND  RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        49-2202,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE REFERENCES TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, TO
  4        SET FORTH PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WHO  TRANSPORT  CERTAIN  NUCLEAR
  5        WASTES, TO PROVIDE FOR PERMIT FEES AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 49-2202, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        49-2202.  PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTERS  OF  HAZARDOUS  WASTES  AND
 10    RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. (1) Every person, including a private carrier or a com-
 11    mon  or  contract carrier, who operates a vehicle on any highway of this state
 12    transporting hazardous waste or radioactive materials shall first procure from
 13    the department an annual or single trip permit for each vehicle so  driven  in
 14    which the shipment meets any one of the following qualifiers:
 15        (a)  Is  required  to  be  placarded pursuant to title 49, code of federal
 16        regulations, part CFR 172;
 17        (b)  Is manifested on a United States environmental protection agency uni-
 18        form hazardous waste manifest form 8700-22 and 8700-22aA, or  its  equiva-
 19        lent;
 20        (c)  Is  any  waste  material  containing  polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
 21        which is regulated by title 40, code of federal regulations, part CFR 761;
 22        but in the event waste material is being transported to a disposal  facil-
 23        ity  approved  in  compliance  with  40 CFR 761.70 or 40 CFR 761.75 and is
 24        accompanied by a hazardous waste manifest form 8700-22  or  8700-22aA,  or
 25        its  equivalent,  then  a  permit  shall  be  required  regardless  of the
 26        polychlorinated biphenyl concentration.
 27    This permit shall be available for  examination  and  shall  be  displayed  in
 28    accordance  with  rules adopted by the department. The provisions of this sec-
 29    tion shall not apply to vehicles owned by any city, county, state  or  federal
 30    governmental  department  or agency, special purpose district created pursuant
 31    to law or rural electric cooperatives.
 32        (2)  Every person, including a private carrier or  a  common  or  contract
 33    carrier,  who  operates  a  vehicle  on any highway of this state transporting
 34    nuclear waste being transported to the Idaho national environmental and  engi-
 35    neering  laboratory  (INEEL) or the waste isolation pilot plant in New Mexico,
 36    to any facility established pursuant to section 135 of  the  federal  "Nuclear
 37    Waste  Policy Act of 1982" as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq., to any reposi-
 38    tory licensed for the permanent deep geological disposal of high-level  radio-
 39    active  waste  and spent nuclear fuel, or to any monitored retrievable storage
 40    facility established pursuant to section 141 of  the  federal  "Nuclear  Waste
 41    Policy  Act  of  1982"  as  amended shall first procure from the department an
 42    annual or single trip permit for each vehicle so driven. This permit shall  be
 43    available  for  examination  and  shall  be displayed in accordance with rules
                                                                        
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  1    adopted by the department. The fee for a single trip permit for the  transpor-
  2    tation of such nuclear waste shall be seventy dollars ($70.00). The fee for an
  3    annual  permit for the transportation of such nuclear waste shall be five hun-
  4    dred dollars ($500).
  5        (23)  The fee for a single trip permit for the transportation of hazardous
  6    waste shall be twenty dollars ($20.00).
  7        (34)  The fee for an annual permit for  the  transportation  of  hazardous
  8    waste shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
  9        (45)  Any  carrier required to pay the fees assessed pursuant to this sec-
 10    tion is authorized to pass along such fees to the shipping party.  No  portion
 11    of the fees shall be prorated, reduced or transferred to another vehicle.
 12        (56)  The  department may select vendors to serve as agents on state high-
 13    ways for the purpose of selling hazardous waste permits where fixed  ports  of
 14    entry  do  not  adequately  serve a respective highway entering the state. The
 15    vendor shall be remunerated at the rate of  two  dollars  ($2.00)  per  permit
 16    sold, and he shall collect the fees provided in this section, and pay the fees
 17    to  the department. The vendor shall guarantee payment by giving a bond to the
 18    state of Idaho in a sum as shall be fixed by the department,  the  premium  on
 19    the bond to be paid by the department.
 20        (67)  The  operation of a vehicle, which is subject to the permit require-
 21    ments of this section in a negligent manner is a violation of  the  provisions
 22    of this chapter.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13980

     This bill amends section 49-2202, Idaho code, to increase
the fees applicable to the transportation of hazardous waste and
to make technical corrections.

                          FISCAL IMPACT

     This bill increases the fees from $20 to $70 for a single
trip permit, and increases the fees from $250 to $500 for an
annual permit for the transportation of hazardous wastes.  The
Hazardous Material/Hazardous Waste Transportation Enforcement
Fund for the Idaho State Police will receive these additional
funds.  The total revenue increase estimate is $92,200.


Contact
Name: Representative Smith (30) 
      Representative Meyer 
Phone: 332 1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     H 676