Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2363

E Relating to the environment; requiring the board of water and soil+ resources
(BOWSR) by a certain date to implement a voluntary professional +wetland
delineator certification program and by a certain later date to +report to the
legislature on the implementation; requiring later development of implementation
rules, requiring the rules to establish specific +standards for education,
experience, testing, ethics and performance for persons +conducting regulatory
delineations, requiring the board to charge a +certification fee for deposit in
the special revenue fund to be used for the program; +expanding the
responsibility of the pollution control agency to for provide section+ 401
certifications under the federal clean water act to all federal +permits or
licenses requiring certification before issuance; requiring 401 +certification
applications to undergo professional review, defining professional +review;
restricting the authority of the PCA to waive 401 certifications; +imposing a
time limit on PCA final determinations on certification +applications,
requiring agency explanation for failure or refusal to make the +determinations;
expanding the responsibility of the state under the state +environmental policy
to coordinate state plans with local government plans; requiring the
environmental quality board (EQB) to include by a certain date the consideration
of relevant plans approved by local government units in environmental impact
statement (EIS) rules and by the same date to +develop guidance for governmental
units responsible for environmental review +of proposed actions, specifying
certain guidance content requirements +and requiring an effectiveness report to
the legislature by a certain +date (je, ja)