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House committee approves substitute to HB 351 removing specified submission requirements for local consistency letters
Summary
At a Natural Resources subcommittee meeting and later before the full committee, lawmakers approved a substitute to House Bill 351 that deletes two provisions requiring applicants to include local ordinances or resolutions and written reconfirmation from local governments when seeking zoning and solid-waste management plan consistency letters from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.
At a Natural Resources subcommittee meeting and later before the full committee, lawmakers approved a substitute to House Bill 351 that deletes two provisions requiring applicants to include local ordinances or resolutions and written reconfirmation from local governments when seeking zoning and solid-waste management plan consistency letters from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.
The change matters because it alters what must be included in statute for landfill and solid-waste facility applicants and clarifies how EPD will confirm local consistency. Supporters said EPD already can check ordinances and request reconfirmation directly from local governments, so the specific language is unnecessary.
A legislator introduced the substitute and said the…
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