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Laird’s bill aims to reduce blanket fishery closures after small spills, remove certain liability exemptions
2901823 · April 8, 2025
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Summary
SB 839 would give regulators more discretion to avoid mandatory blanket fishery closures after small oil spills and would remove a liability exemption for private pleasure vessels in certain cases; committee voted to refer the bill to Environmental Quality.
Senator Laird presented SB 839 to give the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) more discretion to avoid mandatory fishery closures in response to small oil spills that pose little…
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