HB 2617 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 49-282 regarding the water quality assurance revolving fund administered by the director of environmental quality.

• Establishes that when the fund receives less than $15 million in a fiscal year, the director must notify the EPA administrator that state funding is insufficient for the water quality assurance revolving fund program.

• Requires the director to submit a list of sites with orphan shares (contaminated sites where responsible parties cannot be identified or located) to the EPA administrator when funding falls below $15 million.

• Directs the director to request that the EPA administrator exercise federal jurisdiction over orphan share sites and immediately begin remedial action or other appropriate measures when state funding is inadequate.