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Committee reviews S.29 chloride bill; debates training, measurement and costs
Summary
The Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee reviewed S.29 on Feb. 7, focusing on a proposed statewide applicator training and certification program, record‑keeping and data collection for salt and salt alternatives, possible equipment requirements and how to fund and enforce the program. No formal votes were taken; staff will draft revisions.
The Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee on Feb. 7 reviewed S.29, a bill that would establish a state program for training, certifying and tracking commercial and municipal salt applicators and for collecting data on salt and salt‑alternative use to reduce chloride impacts on surface water and groundwater.
Committee members spent most of the hearing discussing definitions, program administration, training standards, recordkeeping requirements and enforcement. They debated whether the bill should exclude salt used for construction dust suppression, how to define “transportation infrastructure construction project,” who should implement the program, and how to measure baseline salt use.
The committee discussed several points that would shape drafting. On administration, members said the bill should allow the Secretary of Natural Resources to implement the program directly through agency employees, by competitively selected third‑party vendors, by municipal partners, or by a combination of those approaches. The Agency of Transportation (AOT) and the…
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