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EUGENE'S TOXICS RIGHT TO KNOW cHARTER AMENDMENT <br /> <br />1996 Early Spring · Write drafts and final charter amendment <br /> Late Spring/Summer · Gather 11,000 signatures- <br /> Fall · Campaign for charter amendment <br /> · November 5 · Charter amendment passes 55 % to 45 % <br /> <br /> IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATTACKS ON THE <br /> RTK CHARTER AMENDMENT RTK CHARTER AMENDMENT <br /> 1997 Toxics Board mee~s 26 times to Eleven companies and Committee <br /> formulate policy, identify/inform for Responsible Regulation bring <br /> companies, develop reporting suit in Circuit Court; lose on all 12 <br /> handbook, etc. counts <br /> Oregon Senate passes bill to <br /> eliminate community right to know; ~ <br /> House runs out of time by three <br /> minutes to pass the bill <br /> Companies file appeal of lawsuit <br /> 1998 Companies track toxics from Jan. 1 <br /> to Dec. 31 <br /> Toxics Board meets monthly to <br /> fomulate policy, develop reporting <br /> software, answer questions by <br /> reporting facilities, develop trade <br /> secret forms, etc. <br /> 1999 48 cOmpanies report 1998 Appeals Court upholds Eugene's <br /> (Jan to inputs/outputs in April; reports RTK law; but claims the law <br /> present), available on duplicates State Fire Marshal's <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/toxics store-and-truck reporting and <br /> therefore can't charge "quantity- <br /> based" fees (i.e., fees only for <br /> manufacturers using 2,640 pounds <br /> or more of hazardous substances) <br /> Toxics Board meets monthly to adjust Legislature p'asses HB 2431, Which <br /> policy, refine software, hear cases of limits fees for reporting companies <br /> noncompliance, respond to Appeals (not in Eugene until2004); requires <br /> Court ruling procedures for exempting <br /> manufacturers whose emissions do <br /> not cause more than a "little" harm; <br /> limits per-day fines for violating <br /> RTK requirements; requires state <br /> agency to report to 2001 Legislature <br /> re: state RTK. <br /> 2000- Companies are tracking and reporting <br /> present Annual toxics inputs and outputs; <br /> -' 'Toxics Board meets~ -0 times/year <br /> <br /> · City Council Agenda page 653 <br /> <br /> <br />