BILL NUMBER: AB 1496INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act relating to the environment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1496, as introduced, Skinner. Environment: supplemental environmental projects. Existing law authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board and the regional water quality control board to reduce a civil penalty assessed against a person in violation of water discharge standards if the person agrees to undertake a supplemental environmental project (SEP). This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the California Environmental Protection Agency to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that an SEP is implemented in the community that suffered the environmental or public health consequences of a violation or enforcement matter triggering the SEP. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the California Environmental Protection Agency to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that a supplemental environmental project (SEP) is implemented in the community that suffered the environmental or public health consequences of a violation or enforcement matter triggering the SEP.