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SENATE BILL 5944
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State of Washington 61st Legislature 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington 61st Legislature 2009 Regular Session
By Senators Ranker, Brandland, Hargrove, Morton, Haugen, Shin, Fraser,
Pridemore, Kastama, Kilmer, Jacobsen, Rockefeller, Sheldon, Kauffman,
Berkey, Kline, Hobbs, and Marr
Read first time 02/09/09. Referred to Committee on Environment, Water
& Energy.
1 AN ACT Relating to Lake Whatcom phosphorus loading; adding a new
2 section to chapter 90.71 RCW; and creating a new section.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that:
5 (a) The Puget Sound 2020 action agenda identifies water pollution
6 as a primary threat to the health of Puget Sound and restoration of
7 polluted waters as a top priority;
8 (b) Lake Whatcom is the drinking water reservoir for the city of
9 Bellingham and the Lake Whatcom watershed provides fresh drinking water
10 to one-half the population of Whatcom county;
11 (c) Whatcom creek flows out of Lake Whatcom and directly into
12 Bellingham Bay which is the subject of a multiagency clean-up effort,
13 the Bellingham Bay demonstration pilot project;
14 (d) The Puget Sound 2020 action agenda's area profile for Whatcom
15 county identifies phosphorous pollution of Lake Whatcom as a key
16 threat;
17 (e) Silver Beach creek is a major tributary to Lake Whatcom and its
18 watershed is shared by the city of Bellingham and Whatcom county;
2 section to chapter 90.71 RCW; and creating a new section.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that:
5 (a) The Puget Sound 2020 action agenda identifies water pollution
6 as a primary threat to the health of Puget Sound and restoration of
7 polluted waters as a top priority;
8 (b) Lake Whatcom is the drinking water reservoir for the city of
9 Bellingham and the Lake Whatcom watershed provides fresh drinking water
10 to one-half the population of Whatcom county;
11 (c) Whatcom creek flows out of Lake Whatcom and directly into
12 Bellingham Bay which is the subject of a multiagency clean-up effort,
13 the Bellingham Bay demonstration pilot project;
14 (d) The Puget Sound 2020 action agenda's area profile for Whatcom
15 county identifies phosphorous pollution of Lake Whatcom as a key
16 threat;
17 (e) Silver Beach creek is a major tributary to Lake Whatcom and its
18 watershed is shared by the city of Bellingham and Whatcom county;
p. 1 SB 5944