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SB 16                                                                                             
SENATE BILL NO. 16 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                    
BY REQUEST OF THE TASK FORCE ON MOTORIZED OIL                                                       
TRANSPORT, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
          "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                                        

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          the duties and liabilities of response action                                             
          contractors; and authorizing compliance verification                                      
          for nontank vessels and for trains and related                                            
          facilities and operations; and providing for an                                           
          effective date."                                                                          
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance                                   
Committees.