SCS SB 170 -- HAZARDOUS WASTE

SPONSOR:  Gross (Byrd)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Conservation and Natural Resources by a vote of 13 to 0.

This substitute extends until July 1, 2007, the time frame within
which the Hazardous Waste Management Commission must promulgate
rules and regulations regarding the dry-cleaning industry.  A law
enacted in 2000 created the Dry-cleaning Environmental Response
Trust Fund to pay for the commission's oversight of the
dry-cleaning industry's use of hazardous chemicals and authorized
the commission to promulgate rules for implementation until July
1, 2002.  The substitute also removes from the commission's
regulatory authority all dry-cleaning facilities using
petroleum-based solvents.

The fund and the commission's regulatory authority over all
dry-cleaning facilities will expire on August 28, 2012.

The substitute contains an emergency clause.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2006, FY
2007, and FY 2008.  Estimated Cost on Other State Funds of
$87,600 in FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the expiration date needs to be
extended to 2007 because the Hazardous Waste Management
Commission currently does not have the power to promulgate rules
and regulations.  There is also no authority to spend any money
deposited into the Dry-cleaning Environmental Response Trust
Fund.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Gross; Department of Natural
Resources; and American Dry Cleaners Association.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Kristina Jenkins, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:21 pm