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Senate committee debates bill to allow cancellation of long‑inactive municipal solid waste permits
Summary
House Bill 30 71 would let the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cancel certain municipal solid waste permits that have been inactive for long periods to prevent reactivation in areas that later became residentially developed.
House Bill 30 71 would direct the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to cancel certain inactive municipal solid waste permits under defined conditions so that decades‑old permits do not get reactivated in areas now developed for residential or other sensitive uses.
Supporters described cases where long‑issued municipal solid waste permits were later used to propose landfills in now densely developed residential areas,…
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