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Committee considers salt-application best practices bill: affirmative defense for certified applicators, municipal provisions and funding questions
Summary
Legislators reviewed draft provisions creating a voluntary best-practice program for commercial salt applicators, an affirmative-defense for compliant applicators, training for municipal applicators, and a fiscal ask for staffing and implementation; municipal sovereign-immunity issues and contingency funding were discussed.
The Natural Resources & Energy Committee reviewed proposed sections (28–32 in the draft) May 9 creating a voluntary commercial salt-application program that would adopt best management practices (BMPs), provide an affirmative defense to liability for certified commercial applicators, and extend analogous training-based protections to municipal applicators who complete the required program.
Why it matters: The changes are intended to reduce environmental impacts from salt application while providing liability clarity to commercial contractors and…
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