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HB 258                                                                                                                        
The Transportation Committee considered:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 258                                                                                                         
     "An Act directing the Department of Transportation and Public                                                              
     Facilities to develop and implement standards and operating                                                                
     procedures allowing for the use in the construction and                                                                    
     maintenance of transportation projects and public facilities and in                                                        
     the construction of projects by public and private entities of gravel                                                      
     or aggregate materials that contain a limited amount of naturally                                                          
     occurring asbestos, and authorizing use on an interim basis of                                                             
     those materials for certain transportation projects and public                                                             
     facilities; relating to certain claims arising out of or in connection                                                     
     with the use of gravel or aggregate materials containing a limited                                                         
     amount of naturally occurring asbestos; and providing for an                                                               
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 258(TRA)                                                                                             
     "An Act directing the Department of Transportation and Public                                                              
     Facilities to develop and implement standards and operating                                                                
     procedures, evaluate site-specific use plans, develop and maintain                                                         

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     an information database that includes locations of gravel or other                                                         
     aggregate material that contains naturally occurring asbestos,                                                             
     gravel or other aggregate material free from naturally occurring                                                           
     asbestos, and suggests locations to stockpile gravel or other                                                              
     aggregate material free from naturally occurring asbestos, and                                                             
     transmit reports related to the use in the construction and                                                                
     maintenance of transportation projects and public facilities and in                                                        
     the construction of projects by public and private entities of gravel                                                      
     or aggregate material that contains naturally occurring asbestos,                                                          
     and authorizing use on an interim basis of that material for certain                                                       
     transportation projects and public facilities; providing immunity                                                          
     for the state and for landowners, extractors, suppliers, transporters,                                                     
     and contractors for certain actions or claims arising in connection                                                        
     with the use of gravel or aggregate material containing naturally                                                          
     occurring asbestos; requiring contractors to report certain                                                                
     asbestos-related data to the Department of Transportation and                                                              
     Public Facilities; and providing for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative P. Wilson, Chair, with the                                                              
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (7):  Johnson, Feige, Pruitt, Munoz, Petersen, Gruenberg,                                                               
P. Wilson                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 258(TRA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                                
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Environmental Conservation                                                                                 
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Health & Social Services                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 258 was referred to the Finance Committee.