2003 Senate Bill 653 ↩

House Roll Call 244: Passed

To cap at $2 million the fee revenue that can be collected for the new annual groundwater discharge permits and fees authorized by Senate Bill 560, with additional revenue refunded to permittes on a pro-rata basis. The expanded permit requirements and new fees will be imposed on some 1,400 business, nonprofit, and municipal facilities. The bill would also extend for two years, until June 5, 2005, the requirement that a person pay a $750 fee when submitting a petition to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a determination about a baseline environmental assessment. Under current law, someone who becomes the owner or operator of a contaminated property may petition the DEQ within six months after the completion of a baseline environmental assessment for an exemption from liability for hazardous substance cleanup costs.