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Board agrees to remove a hard cap sentence on pollution-liability limits
Summary
Members debated and voted to remove a sentence that would have capped pollution-liability requirements at $15 million per claim/$30 million aggregate 'in no event' regardless of facility size; the removal leaves baseline levels negotiable for large projects.
Board members debated a sentence in the amendment that read, in the transcript transcription, as setting a non-negotiable cap: "in no event shall require commercial pollution liability limits exceed 15,000,000/30,000,000 regardless of the facility capacity." Several members questioned why a hard cap would be included if larger projects might demand higher limits.
Speaker 10 asked, "But then why do we say in no event shall they exceed the 15 slash 30 regardless of the facility capacity? Why would we put that statement in there if we think it's we want it to go up as they grow?" The board moved to strike that sentence; the presiding officer called the vote on that amendment and members indicated their positions. The transcript indicates the board proceeded with the ordinance language minus that specific sentence, with the clerk and movers confirming the ordinance would be advanced without the 'in no event' clause.
