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Senate committee debates bill to cancel decades‑old municipal solid waste permits in high‑growth counties
Summary
House Bill 3071 would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to cancel certain inactive municipal solid waste permits in defined high‑growth areas; senators questioned scope, change‑of‑ownership implications and precedent, and sponsors said they will bring a committee substitute.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources heard House Bill 3071, a measure to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to cancel certain inactive municipal solid waste permits under defined conditions so that decades‑old permits cannot later be reactivated in now‑developed residential areas.
The sponsor described situations—citing an example near Lake Worth—where a decades‑old permit was used…
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