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that an error was made during prior licensing.__The
months during which a discharge may occur from an
overboard discharge facility that was licensed as of
June 1, 1987 must be determined by the actual use of
the facility at the time of the most recent license
application prior to June 1, 1987 or the actual use
of the facility during the 12 months prior to June 1,
1987, whichever is greater.__If the overboard
discharge facility was the primary residence of an
owner at the time of the most recent license
application prior to June 1, 1987 or during the 12
months prior to June 1, 1987, then the facility is
considered a year-round residence.__"Year-round
residence" means a facility that is continuously used
for more than 8 months of the year. For purposes of
licensing, the department shall treat an increase in
the licensed volume or quantity of an existing
discharge or an expansion in the months during which
the discharge will take takes place as a new
discharge of domestic pollutants;

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill consolidates the separate inspection fee for
overboard discharges fee and the annual license. The bill
increases the base fee for certain discharges.

 
The bill adds a definition of "overboard discharge,"
referencing the existing definition, to the laws governing
water protection.

 
The bill changes the existing grant program from one that
determines the amount of grant based on facility use to one
that determines the grant based on the applicant's annual
income.

 
The bill provides grant funds, based on the ability to pay,
to anyone removing that person's overboard discharge system,
not just to a person whose overboard discharge system is
targeted for removal by the grant program.

 
The bill requires that, prior to transfer of any property
with an overboard discharge, the property must be evaluated as
to whether an alternative system can be installed and requires
the installation of that system if possible.

 
The bill eliminates obsolete statutory language.

 
The bill consolidates the annual license and inspection fees
into one fee. The bill also consolidates several fee
reductions based on income into one fee reduction based on
income. The bill


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