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Senate debates waste-fee overhaul, grandfathers two near-complete private sites
Summary
Senate discussion on SB146 focused on removing a third-tier exemption that let private operators avoid oversight and fees; sponsors grandfathered two near-complete applications and declined an amendment that would have broadened private-provider opportunities.
Senate Bill 146, a package of technical and policy changes to waste facility siting and fees, drew lengthy debate on Feb. 20 as senators weighed fairness to private applicants, oversight funding shortfalls and competition.
Sponsor Senator Wright explained that SB146 removes a "third tier" under which some private facilities taking municipal (household) waste had been treated as municipal and escaped a 50-cent-per-ton oversight fee and legislative siting requirements. "What this bill…
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