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Committee hears testimony on bill language to let developers manage "development soils" under limited ANR permits
Summary
Witnesses described a proposal in S.127 allowing so-called development soils to be managed at sites authorized as "insignificant waste events" by the Agency of Natural Resources, and urged broader review of remediation standards that determine cleanup costs.
A Vermont House General and Commerce subcommittee on April 10 heard testimony about a provision in S.127 that would let developers manage certain urban "development soils" at locations authorized under an Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) insignificant waste event permit rather than sending the material to fully permitted landfills.
Legislative Council attorney Michael O'Grady summarized the proposal and the statutory definition: "development soils are defined in statute with unconsolidated mineral and organic matter, overlaying bedrock that contains poly, cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, arsenic, or lead in concentrations that exceed the relevant soil screening level for residential soil," he said. O'Grady added that those soils, when managed under specified conditions, "pose no greater risk than the agency established soil screening value for the intended reuse of the property."
Why it matters: witnesses and committee members said the change could reduce trucking and disposal costs for urban redevelopment projects that produce excess soil. Matt…
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