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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Jones) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(959626):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 8-22

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and insert:

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to the state. When the Department of Health issues a health

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advisory against swimming in beach waters on the basis of finding

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elevated levels of fecal coliform or enterococci bacteria in a

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water sample, the department shall contemporaneously notify the

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relevant local government and the local office of the Department

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of Environmental Protection, which shall promptly investigate

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wastewater treatment facilities within 1 mile of the affected

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beach to determine if a facility experienced an incident that may

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have contributed to the contamination. Upon completion, the

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Department of Environmental Protection shall notify the relevant

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local government in writing or by electronic correspondence of

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the results of its investigation.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 35-39

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and insert:

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the local government and the local office of the

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Department of Environmental Protection contemporaneously

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with the issuance of the health advisory; requiring the

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Department of Environmental Protection to promptly

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investigate wastewater treatment facilities within a

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certain distance of the affected beach; requiring the

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department to notify the local government in writing or by

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electronic correspondence of the results of such

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investigation; providing an effective date.

4/15/2008  7:18:00 PM     13-07731-08