THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Ron Menor, Chair

Senator Gary L. Hooser, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2007

DATE:	Tuesday, February 13, 2007
TIME:	2:45 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 414 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Thursday, February 8, 2007)

SB 927	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Directs the department of health to adopt rules to establish a cathode ray tube recycling program.  Prohibits placing cathode ray tubes in landfills after 1/1/09.  Requires reports to the legislature.	ENE/HTH, WAM
SB 651	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Requires recycling receptacles to be housed in all state offices and buildings.	ENE/HTH, WAM
SB 1702	RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Requires dealers in high density areas who are located within two miles of a certified redemption center that is operated independently from a dealer to accept deposit beverage containers for redemption.	ENE
SB 1461	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Allows consumers to redeem beverage containers deposits at local grocery stores.  Deletes the automatic container increase based on the redemption rate.	ENE, WAM
SB 1026	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Increases the volume limit of deposit beverage containers from 64 to 68 fluid ounces.  Requires phase-in.  Requires distributors to report container numbers sold and make fee payments on that basis.  Permits calculation of redemption value by container count in certain instances.  Allows refusal of refund for previously processed and baled containers.	ENE, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

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