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LR 3120
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accountability in the environmental quality management efforts of
public and private facilities.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
5. It clarifies that new facilities are also subject to the
pollution prevention planning, reporting and fee requirements.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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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