Committee backs grants to help counties comply with new landfill methane rules
SB101 makes certain state grant funds eligible to help municipal (public) landfills comply with Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Regulation 31. County commissioners testified municipal compliance costs can run into millions; the committee voted unanimously to send the bill to the Committee of the Whole.
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Representative Richardson and co-prime Representative Lukens presented Senate Bill 101 as a way to help local governments meet new methane-monitoring and control requirements under Regulation 31. The amended bill does not roll back the regulation; it clarifies that the Community Impact Cash Fund and the Local Government Mineral Impact Fund are eligible sources for supplemental grants to help public landfills install monitoring and mitigation systems.
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