Recommendations 



Mountains to Sea State Park Trail 



This proposal would authorize the Department of Envu-onment and Natural Resources to 

 make the Mountains to Sea Trail a unit of the State Park System and to acquire property 

 for the completion of the trail. The proposal would become effective when it becomes 

 law. 



Solid Waste 



Removal of Abandoned Vessels 



This proposal would make it unlawful to abandon a vessel in coastal waters or on State- 

 owned submerged lands. The proposal would also authorize the Department of 

 Environment and Natural Resources to remove the vessel and charge the owner for the 

 removal costs if the owner does not remove the vessel within 30 days of receiving notice 

 of the obligation to do so. The proposal would become effective when it becomes law. 



White Goods Sunset Repeal 



This proposal would repeal the sunset on the white goods tax that provides fimds for the 

 proper disposal of white goods. In addition, the proposal would require the Department 

 of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to study options for changing the white 

 goods tax rate and the allocation of proceeds from the white goods tax. The proposal 

 would also require DENR to study options for changing the tax rate and the allocation of 

 proceeds for the scrap tire disposal tax. The act would become effective when it becomes 

 law. 



Water Quality 



Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Amends 



This proposal would amend the Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act to provide additional 

 revenue for the Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Fund and facilitate access to the fund. 

 The proposal would: 



• Establish a temporary environmental surtax to fund the cleanup of dry cleaning 

 solvent contamination (Effective July 1, 2001; expires July 1, 2003). 



• Earmark the State sales tax revenue from dry cleaning and laundry services for the 

 Dry-cleaning Solvent Cleanup Fund (Effective July 1, 2003; expires July 1, 2010). 



• Raise the tax on dry-cleaning solvents from $5.85/ gallon to $7.50/ gallon for 

 chlorine-based solvents and from $.80/ gallon to $1.00/ gallon for hydrocarbon-based 

 solvents (Effective July 1, 2003; expires July 1, 2010). 



• Repeal the insurance requirement for accessing the Fund (Effective retroactively to 

 April 1, 1998). 



• Authorize the Environmental Management Commission to enter into contracts with 

 private contractors for the assessment and remediation of contamination at dry 

 cleaning facilities (Effective when the proposal becomes law). 



• Estabhsh a State goal for the reduction of the use of perchloroethylene F- 1,1, 3 by dry 

 cleaners (Effective when the proposal becomes law). 



• Require the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to report to the ERC 

 on progress towards this goal and the cost-effectiveness of alternative dry cleaning 

 technologies (Effective when the proposal becomes law). 



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