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Senate approves rules to require advanced methane monitoring at large landfills after split vote
Summary
Senators approved SB 726 A to require the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt rules encouraging or requiring advanced monitoring technology (such as drones or other alternative sensors) for large municipal solid-waste landfills. The measure prompted divided floor debate and passed after a roll call.
The Oregon Senate on Thursday passed Senate Bill 726 A, directing the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to adopt rules that require or incentivize the use of advanced monitoring technology at qualifying municipal solid-waste landfills.
"This bill does not create any new limits on methane emissions," said Senator Gelser Blouin, who carried the measure. She told colleagues the measure focuses on monitoring technology so regulators and communities can better understand fugitive methane emissions from large landfills. "The first step to managing methane is understanding what's true and what's there," she said.
Backers said modern tools such as sniffer drones, aerial surveys and satellite data can detect leaks across areas that are unsafe or impractical for…
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