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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___ 1 2 BY MAY, BRAUNS, HOUSER, and HUSER 1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the establishment 1 4 of a committee to study and make recommendations 1 5 concerning issues related to hazardous material 1 6 cleanup. 1 7 WHEREAS, hazardous material cleanup is a service 1 8 local fire departments and hazardous material crews 1 9 provide in the case of hazardous material spills; and 1 10 WHEREAS, hazardous material cleanup and training 1 11 are services provided to residents and commercial 1 12 services by publicly funded agencies and local 1 13 governments; and 1 14 WHEREAS, commercial services and their insurance 1 15 carriers provide reimbursement for cleanup when needed 1 16 to the local hazardous material services; and 1 17 WHEREAS, billing charges by various public services 1 18 and hazardous material services to insurance carriers 1 19 for cleanups vary; and 1 20 WHEREAS, commercial services and their insurance 1 21 carriers need some standardization in billing for 1 22 cleanup services; NOW THEREFORE, 1 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 1 24 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is 1 25 requested to establish an interim study committee to 1 26 study and make recommendations regarding the costs 1 27 associated with the cleanup of hazardous material, the 1 28 regional system used to provide the service, the 1 29 billing procedures and standards used in other states, 1 30 the costs of training and maintaining the hazardous 2 1 material service in Iowa, the cost of cleanup and 2 2 disposal of hazardous material spilled in Iowa, and 2 3 the workers needed at hazardous material spill sites; 2 4 and 2 5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study 2 6 committee shall include representation of professional 2 7 and volunteer fire fighters who are trained in 2 8 hazardous material cleanup and handling, the 2 9 department of natural resources, members of the 2 10 trucking industry involved in the interstate and 2 11 intrastate transportation of hazardous material for 2 12 the agricultural sector and the industrial sector, 2 13 railroad companies, the insurance industry involved in 2 14 insuring hazardous material spills, the state 2 15 department of transportation, cities, counties, the 2 16 department of public safety, and the chemical 2 17 manufacturing industry; and 2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study 2 19 committee shall report its findings and 2 20 recommendations to the general assembly by January 1, 2 21 2002. 2 22 LSB 3688HH 79 2 23 tm/pj/5
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