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SB 16                                                                                             
The Rules Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 16 "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 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" and recommended it be replaced with                                
                                                                                                    
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 16(RLS) "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                                       
          liabilities of response action contractors; authorizing                                   

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          compliance verification for nontank vessels and for                                       
          trains and related facilities and operations; and                                         
          providing for an effective date." (technical title                                        
          change)                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Signing to calendar: Senator Pearce, Chair, Senators Therriault, Ellis,                             
Phillips, Cowdery.                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal note No. 1, Department of Transportation and Public                                         
  Facitities                                                                                        
 Fiscal No. 2, Department of Environmental Conservation                                             
                                                                                                    
The bill is on today's calendar.