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Committee advances detailed changes to chloride reduction bill; staff to prepare updated draft
Summary
Committee staff presented a new draft of a chloride/salt-management bill, proposing certification, recordkeeping, monitoring and funding provisions. Members discussed timelines, sand versus salt handling, monitoring points and consumer outreach.
Committee staff presented a revised version of the chloride reduction bill (draft referenced as S.29) during the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Energy hearing on Feb. 18, walking members through changes to definitions, applicator certification, recordkeeping, monitoring and funding language.
The presenter described multiple edits: clarified definitions for “transportation infrastructure construction product,” consolidated subdivisions that set standards for when and how salt and salt alternatives may be applied, added certification and testing requirements for a master commercial salt applicator, and replaced a prior requirement for a centralized application database with an annual public-accounting estimate of salt purchases and applications.
On certification and compliance, the draft would require certified commercial applicators to keep records of…
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