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HB 55                                                                                             
The Transportation Committee has considered:                                                        
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 55                                                                               
    "An Act regarding oil discharge prevention and cleanup involving                                
    self-propelled nontank vessels exceeding 400 gross registered                                   
    tonnage and railroad tank cars and related facilities and operations                            
    and requiring preparation and implementation of oil discharge                                   
    contingency plans for those nontank vessels and railroad tank cars;                             
    amending the definition of 'response action' that relates to releases                           
    or threatened releases of oil and thereby amending the duties and                               

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    liabilities of response action contractors; authorizing compliance                              
    verification for nontank vessels and for trains and related facilities                          
    and operations; and providing for an effective date."                                           
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 55(TRA)                                                                   
    (same title)                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Kohring, Chair, with the                                    
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (4):  Kapsner, Kookesh, Scalzi, Wilson                                                      
                                                                                                    
Amend (1):  Kohring                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 55(TRA):                                                 
                                                                                                    
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities                                             
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Environmental Conservation                                                     
                                                                                                    
HB 55 was referred to the Resources Committee.