Senate Transportation & Energy

Good afternoon. I'll call to order the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee. Ms. Swartz, can you please call the roll? Senators Bazley. Present. Catlin. Here. Exum. Good afternoon. Linstedt. Present. Mullica. Here. Pelton. Here. Sullivan. Here. Ball. Here. And Madam Chair? Present. We're only hearing one bill Today, Senate Bill 16. And so I will now turn the gavel over to Senator Ball so I can go present. Thank you, Madam Chair. Must be a slow news day. Wonderful. So we are here to Hear Senate Bill 2616. Prohibit discharge of pre production plastic materials. Senator Cutter, Senator Wallace, whoever would like to start and tell us about your bill. Thank you, Chair Ball. So Senate Bill 16 is about plastic pellets. These are small lentil sized pieces of plastic that are used in plastic manufacturing. They're essentially the feedstock that's melted down to create other plastic products, from packaging and containers to computers and other electronics. Because they're so small and lightweight, they can be spilled at almost every step of the production process at raw plastic manufacturing facilities, from trains and other transport vehicles, and at the facilities that use them to make these other products. They're incredibly…