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Subcommittee advances House Bill 4,144, adopts fiscal amendment to fund DEQ implementation
Summary
A Natural Resources subcommittee adopted a DASH-1 fiscal amendment to House Bill 4,144, which would create a statewide battery producer responsibility program, and voted to move the bill to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
A legislative Natural Resources subcommittee on Monday advanced House Bill 4,144 as amended and voted to send the measure to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
April, a staff member who reviewed meeting materials, summarized the bill for the subcommittee, saying the measure would establish a statewide battery producer responsibility program for producers of portable and medium-format batteries and battery-containing products and require producers to join a producer responsibility organization and submit plans to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for approval. "DEQ is directed to develop rules to administer the program, review and evaluate these plans, enforce compliance, and approve program changes," April said during the work session.
Under the bill, the Environmental Quality…
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