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Committee approves site-evaluation process, one-year moratorium and limited fee authority for new landfills
Summary
The committee approved an amendment establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee, a one-year moratorium on new landfills, an added member from the State Conservation Commission and authority for the committee to seek additional application fees capped at double the original fee.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a committee amendment that would create a solid waste site evaluation committee, impose a one-year moratorium on new landfill applications and allow that committee to request additional fees from applicants up to twice the original application fee.
Senator Pearl explained changes included in the replace-all amendment, saying she added “a member of the State Conservation Commission” to the site evaluation committee and that the amendment allows the committee to “seek additional…
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