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Bill to catalogue closed and open landfill sites gets mixed agency response
Summary
HB 16 22 would direct DES to compile an inventory of open and closed landfills and provide basic siting-related data to support decisions about new landfill capacity. DES officials said a full technical assessment would require considerable staff time because many historic municipal sites lack modern files; sponsors want a pragmatic list built from publicly available records.
Representative Haskins asked the committee to require the Department of Environmental Services to compile an inventory of open and closed landfills statewide and to provide basic information — addresses, acreage and approximate setbacks from homes, water bodies and airports — to help ensure the state considers reuse or expansion of previously permitted disposal sites before permitting greenfield landfills.
Sponsors argued the measure would reduce the risk of siting major…
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