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Committee advances bill to bar future landfills on karst topography
2493568 · March 4, 2025
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Summary
Committee approved House Bill 1576 to prohibit locating new solid-waste landfills on karst topography; sponsors said the measure would not affect current landfills or ongoing expansions.
State Representative Robin Lundstrom, District 18, told the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that House Bill 1576 would prevent future solid-waste landfills from being sited over karst topography — underground limestone and dolomite formations with fissures that can transmit contaminated water.
“This doesn't impact any current landfills. It doesn't impact…
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