Bill No.: HB0065 Drafter: MDO
LSO No.: 13LSO-0136 Effective Date: Immediate
Enrolled Act No.: HEA0043
Chapter No.: CH0158
Prime Sponsor: Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Interim Committee
Catch Title: Municipal solid waste landfill remediation.
Subject: The procedure to remediate municipal landfills.
Summary/Major Elements:
· Legislation enacted in 2011 required the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to identify local solid waste landfills which required remediation and to establish a priority list of those landfills.
· The 2011, 2012 and 2013 budget bills appropriated up to $45 million to remediate high priority landfills. The appropriations could not be spent until further act of the legislature.
· This Act creates a program administered by the DEQ to provide state funding to remediate local solid waste landfills.
· Provides that the State shall fund 75% of the cost of remediation for qualifying landfills up to 10 years or longer as determined by DEQ.
· Specifies monitoring and remediation activities which are covered under the program.
· Specifies eligibility requirements for solid waste landfills to receive funding under the program including taking into account the full cost of waste disposal as compared to recycling, composting and other diversion activities.
· Creates the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Remediation Account and provides for authorized expenditures from the account.
· Provides for reimbursement of some costs of remediation activities to local operators who performed those activities between July 1, 2006 and December 31, 2012 as specified.
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