[CPEO-BIF] Washington state's Model Toxics Control Act

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic cleanup projects create jobs, preserve vision

Opinion by Bill Clark and Connie Bacon
Tri-City Herald (WA)
February 14, 2011

While state lawmakers face painful choices as they attempt to assemble a 
budget proposal, one item -- with its own dedicated source of money 
separate from the state's general fund -- could help put people back to 
work, create long-term economic development opportunities and preserve a 
long-standing vision of environmental stewardship.

We urge the Legislature to maintain the state's 20-year commitment to 
funding environmental cleanup grants through the Model Toxics Control 
Act (MTCA).

In 1988, Washington voters chose to tax themselves by passing a ballot 
measure that created MTCA. The MTCA account funds hazardous waste 
cleanup through a tax on the wholesale value of hazardous substances 
imported to Washington.

Preserving the integrity of the account by retaining the state's 
commitment to fund remedial action grants is important and necessary. To 
maintain the public's trust it is imperative that MTCA funds be used for 
the purpose they were intended by the citizens of Washington state.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/02/14/1367427/toxic-cleanup-projects-create.html


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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