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Senate Finance hears S.218 to reduce chloride pollution with voluntary certification and an affirmative defense
Summary
Senate Finance reviewed S.218, which would create a voluntary Chloride Contamination Reduction Program at ANR to train and certify commercial salt applicators, adopt BMPs and give certified applicators an affirmative defense in civil suits except for gross negligence.
An unnamed presenter and the committee’s counsel walked senators through S.218 on Jan. 29, describing a voluntary Chloride Contamination Reduction Program to reduce chloride runoff from road salt and other deicing materials.
The presenter said the bill is modeled on New Hampshire’s Green Snow Pro program and would authorize the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) to adopt best management practices (BMPs), offer training and establish certification for commercial salt applicators. The program is voluntary; participating applicators would be…
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