Legislature(2023 - 2024)BUTROVICH 205
03/29/2023 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
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| Start | |
| SB87 | |
| SB92 | |
| SB67 | |
| Adjourn |
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| += | HJR 11 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 92 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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| += | SB 67 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 87 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SB 67-PFAS USE FIREFIGHTING
5:00:55 PM
CO-CHAIR BISHOP announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO.
67, "An Act relating to firefighting substances; and providing
for an effective date."
He noted that there was a committee substitute for the committee
to consider.
5:01:04 PM
CO-CHAIR GIESSEL moved to adopt the committee substitute (CS)
for SB 67, work order 33-LS0148\S, as the working document.
CO-CHAIR BISHOP objected for an explanation of the changes.
5:01:25 PM
SENATOR JESSE KIEHL, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau, Alaska,
sponsor of SB 67, spoke to the following explanation of changes
from version B to version S for SB 67:
1. In Section 1 (AS 46.03.340), page 1, lines 9-12:
a. Deleted "engaged in the business of oil of gas
production, transmission, transportation, or
refining"
b. Added "to respond to a fire that originates in
relation to oil or gas production, transmission,
transportation, or refining"
This change allows for any respondent to a fire
relating to oil or gas production, transmission,
transportation, or refining to use PFAS or PFAS
containing substances to fight the fire.
2. In Section 1 (AS 46.03.340), page 2, line 6:
a. Deleted "25"
b. Added "40"
This change allows the state to accept for disposal a
quantity not to exceed 40 gallons per year, up from 25
gallons in the previous version; 40 gallons covers the
estimated 35 gallons of substance anticipated to be
accepted from impacted Project Code Red communities.
CO-CHAIR BISHOP removed his objection and version S was adopted.
5:02:41 PM
At ease
5:03:25 PM
CO-CHAIR BISHOP reconvened the meeting and invited Andy Mills to
explain the new fiscal note.
5:03:37 PM
ANDY MILLS, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Commissioner,
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF),
Juneau, Alaska, reported that DOTPF did an extensive analysis
because it is the state agency that will operate the program to
ensure that PFAS containing substances are collected and
disposed of properly. Prior to this legislation, the department
was not associated with Project Code Red. This is the program
that gave 132 Alaska villages the equipment to use PFAS-
containing aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) for firefighting
purposes as federally required. DOTPF anticipates the need to
collect and dispose of PFAS from these sites. This will be done
in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) and private contractors.
DOTPF has a manifest list of the Project Code Red equipment
provided to these villages, but there is no current inventory to
show how much PFAS each village may have used or what it may
have received afterward. The fiscal note has assumptions and
that is what was quantified as the capital appropriation and one
personnel to handle the contracting effort. However, additional
entities may seek to utilize this program and there was no way
for the department to quantify what that amount would be. The
fiscal note addresses that by clarifying that it would be a
situation of first-come-first-served to dispose of up to 40
gallons of PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foam per year.
5:07:17 PM
CO-CHAIR BISHOP found no questions and solicited a motion.
.
5:07:23 PM
CO-CHAIR GIESSEL moved to report CSSB 67, work order 33-
LS0148\S, from committee with individual recommendations and the
attached fiscal note(s).
CO-CHAIR BISHOP found no objection and CSSB 67(RES) was reported
from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.