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House Amendment 1383

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  1  1    Amend House File 681 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 6 and
  1  3 inserting the following:  "environmental management
  1  4 system or process.  An environmental audit may be
  1  5 conducted by the owner or operator of the facility, by
  1  6 an employee of the owner or operator of the facility,
  1  7 by an officer or director of the facility, by an
  1  8 independent contractor of the facility provided the
  1  9 person participating in the audit possesses a
  1 10 knowledge of the facility and of the state
  1 11 environmental requirements."
  1 12    #2.  Page 4, by striking line 9 and inserting the
  1 13 following:  "privilege under sections 455B.484A and
  1 14 455H.4:".
  1 15    #3.  Page 7, by inserting after line 16 the
  1 16 following:
  1 17    "5.  An employee who reports environmental
  1 18 noncompliance and who is acting on the reasonable
  1 19 belief of either of the following shall be exempt from
  1 20 this section:
  1 21    a.  There was a willful or fraudulent attempt on
  1 22 the part of the owner or operator to suppress evidence
  1 23 of violations which harm public health or the
  1 24 environment.
  1 25    b.  There were compliance actions which were not
  1 26 being undertaken promptly, in good faith, or
  1 27 competently, and such information was being
  1 28 suppressed."
  1 29    #4.  Page 9, by striking lines 23 through 25 and
  1 30 inserting the following:  "disclosure."
  1 31    #5.  Page 9, line 32, by striking the word
  1 32 "mitigate" and inserting the following:  "consider
  1 33 mitigating".
  1 34    #6.  Page 10, by striking lines 25 through 31.  
  1 35 
  1 36 
  1 37                               
  1 38 BRADLEY of Clinton
  1 39 
  1 40 
  1 41                               
  1 42 WITT of Black Hawk
  1 43 HF 681.511 77
  1 44 tm/jw/28
     

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