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Senate panel approves bill requiring review of new sewage plants within five miles of existing systems
Summary
Senators approved Senate Bill 546 to require that the Department of Environmental Quality be involved in review of proposed wastewater treatment systems within a five-mile radius of existing plants to assess future hookup or regionalization options.
Senator Kim Hammer presented Senate Bill 546 and the committee voted to pass the bill after questions from members and brief testimony from the DEQ director.
Hammer said the bill authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to be involved in reviews of proposed domestic sewage treatment works that are located within a five-mile radius of existing systems so the agency can determine whether future municipal hookups or…
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