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Senator’s bill to shrink and streamline state waste licensing panels clears House committee
Summary
Senate Bill 265, presented by Sen. Missy Irvin, would reduce membership on certain solid-waste and wastewater licensing subcommittees, broaden environmental officer eligibility, remove outdated references and extend apprenticeship license duration; the House committee advanced the measure.
Senator Missy Irvin, District 24, appeared before the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee to present Senate Bill 265, which makes a set of technical and structural changes to state solid-waste and wastewater licensing subcommittees and related programs.
Irvin said the bill reduces voting membership on the solid-waste licensing committee from seven to five and on the wastewater licensing committee from eight to five. The measure also removes outdated references in the statutes, broadens who may serve in the environmental officer program by adding planning and development district personnel, and extends apprenticeship licenses for solid-waste management facility operators from one year to two years to align them with other operator licenses.
Bailey Taylor, identified in the hearing as DEQ director and chief administrator for the Department of Energy and Environment, explained that faculty members who teach required education would remain involved in licensing and education but would not serve as voting members on the committee, consistent with current practice for the solid-waste licensing committee.
A committee voice vote approved the measure; Representative Lademan moved a do-pass recommendation. No roll-call tally is recorded in the transcript provided.
Supporters said the changes align subcommittee membership with the overall Pollution Control and Ecology Commission structure and aim to make apprenticeship licensing consistent with other operator licensing.
