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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2207: Water quality data

Establishing a system of standards and procedures concerning water quality data.

Summary

  • Allows only credible data to be used when the Department of Ecology (DOE) takes certain water quality assessment actions required by the federal Clean Water Act.
  • Identifies criteria for data to be deemed credible data.
  • Specifies additional requirements for assessing whether a water body is impaired.
  • Requires the DOE to add or remove water bodies from the impaired water body list under certain circumstances.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2003
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Brian Hatfield (D-19)
Introduced
March 5, 2003 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2004
Companion bill
SB 5957
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to the collection and use of water quality data;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Brian Hatfield (D-19)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.

HB 2207 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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