2005 House Bill 4617 ↩

Senate Roll Call 661: Passed

To prohibit the Department of Environmental Quality from labeling a property as a toxic waste "facility" in the absence of actual testing on the property. If the property is a person's residential homestead, the DEQ would be prohibited from entering the property for testing without the owner’s permission. Also, to require the DEQ to determine what types of cleanup are needed on the basis of independent, peer reviewed risk assessment studies.