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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House Concurrent Resolution 35 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking page 1, line 3, through page 2, 1 3 line 21, and inserting the following: 1 4 "A Concurrent Resolution requesting the establishment 1 5 of a committee to study and make recommendations 1 6 concerning issues related to hazardous material 1 7 cleanup and mitigation. 1 8 WHEREAS, hazardous material mitigation is a service 1 9 local fire departments and hazardous material crews 1 10 provide in the case of hazardous material spills; and 1 11 WHEREAS, hazardous material mitigation and training 1 12 are services provided to residents and commercial 1 13 services by publicly funded agencies and local 1 14 governments; and 1 15 WHEREAS, commercial services and their insurance 1 16 carriers provide reimbursement for cleanup when needed 1 17 to the local hazardous material services; and 1 18 WHEREAS, billing charges by various public services 1 19 and hazardous material services to insurance carriers 1 20 for cleanups and mitigation vary; and 1 21 WHEREAS, commercial services and their insurance 1 22 carriers need some standardization in billing for 1 23 cleanup services and mitigation; NOW THEREFORE, 1 24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 1 25 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is 1 26 requested to establish an interim study committee to 1 27 study and make recommendations regarding the costs 1 28 associated with the cleanup and mitigation of 1 29 hazardous material, the regional system used to 1 30 provide the service, the billing procedures and 1 31 standards used in other states, the costs of training 1 32 and maintaining the hazardous material service in 1 33 Iowa, the cost of cleanup, mitigation, and disposal of 1 34 hazardous material spilled in Iowa, and the workers 1 35 needed at hazardous material spill sites; and 1 36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study 1 37 committee shall include members of the general 1 38 assembly, representation of professional and volunteer 1 39 fire fighters who are trained in hazardous material 1 40 cleanup, mitigation, and handling, the department of 1 41 natural resources, members of the trucking industry 1 42 involved in the interstate and intrastate 1 43 transportation of hazardous material for the 1 44 agricultural sector and the industrial sector, 1 45 railroad companies, the insurance industry involved in 1 46 insuring hazardous material spills, the state 1 47 department of transportation, cities, counties, the 1 48 department of public safety, and the chemical 1 49 manufacturing industry; and 1 50 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study 2 1 committee shall report its findings and 2 2 recommendations to the general assembly by January 1, 2 3 2002." 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 BRAUNS of Muscatine 2 8 HCR 35.301 79 2 9 tm/cf
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