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accountability in the environmental quality management efforts of | | public and private facilities. |
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| | | 2. It requires the Commissioner of Administrative and | | Financial Services to lead the development of a pollution | | prevention system for state facilities by 2005, in consultation | | with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. |
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| | | 3. It revises the toxics use, toxics release and hazardous | | waste reduction goals by establishing statewide goals of a 40% | | reduction by January 1, 2002, a 50% reduction by January 1, 2004 | | and a 60% reduction by January 1, 2006. It requires the | | Commissioner of Environmental Protection to report to the Joint | | Standing Committee on Natural Resources by February 15, 2000 with | | the commissioner's recommendations regarding the statewide | | reduction goals and whether those goals should be revised. |
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| | | 4. It requires the Commissioner of Environmental Protection | | to submit a biennial report to the joint standing committee of | | the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources | | matters on the progress toward meeting the statewide goals for | | toxics use, toxics release and hazardous waste reduction and the | | adequacy of the reduction goals set by facilities. |
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| | | 5. It clarifies that new facilities are also subject to the | | pollution prevention planning, reporting and fee requirements. |
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| | | 6. It clarifies which facilities are required to prepare | | pollution prevention plans and progress reports and which | | facilities are exempt from planning, reporting and fee | | requirements. |
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| | | 7. It requires facilities to prepare pollution prevention | | plans by January 1, 2000 and every 2 years thereafter. In | | addition to the current plan requirements, a plan must include a | | financial analysis of the costs and benefits of reducing the | | amount of toxics used, toxics released and hazardous waste | | generated and the facility's 2-year goals for reducing the amount | | of extremely hazardous substances used, toxics released and | | hazardous waste generated. |
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| | | 8. It requires facilities to submit biennial pollution | | prevention progress reports to the Department of Environmental | | Protection and specifies what must be included in the reports. |
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| | | 9. It requires facilities to involve employees in developing | | pollution prevention plans and plan updates. It also requires | | facilities to notify the municipal officers in the municipality | | in which a facility is located of pollution |
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