SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 854, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 100212
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11  Senators Cowin and Brown-Waite moved the following amendment
12  to amendment (470591):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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18         (16)  No more than seven new aquifer storage and
19  recovery wells may be drilled and used in accordance with this
20  section until an independent entity has conducted a controlled
21  study of the effects that such aquifer storage and recovery
22  wells have on the water supply and has reported the results of
23  the study to the Legislature, and the Legislature has had the
24  opportunity to evaluate and act upon the results of the study.
25  By December 1, 2001, the independent entity must have tested
26  the levels of total coliform bacteria and other biological
27  contaminants in the zones of discharge of the aquifer storage
28  and recovery wells that meet the standards in effect before
29  the effective date of this act to the levels of such
30  contaminants in the zones of discharge of the wells that meet
31  the standards set forth in this section. Insofar as it is
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 854, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 100212
 1  feasible to do so by that date, the independent entity must
 2  also have compared the level of such contaminants in the
 3  drinking water drawn from areas served by the two types of
 4  wells. The entity conducting the study must, by February 1,
 5  2002, report its results to the department, the President of
 6  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
 7  the chairpersons of the appropriate legislative committees.
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11  And the title is amended as follows:
12         On page 1, line 29, after the semicolon,
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15         requiring an independent study and report;
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