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House committee backs bill letting EPD use Solid Waste Trust Fund for emergency response and capacity building
Summary
The Natural Resources & Environment Committee heard House Bill 956, which would allow the director of the Environmental Protection Division to use Solid Waste Trust Fund dollars for expanded functions including emergency tire-fire response and staff capacity while preserving existing grant programs, and voted to advance the bill.
Representative Corbett presented House Bill 956 (LC443273), saying the measure would "authorize the director of the EPD the flexibility to utilize state appropriated funds to build capacity while ensuring that the critical solid waste functions are met." He framed the change as an update to how the Solid Waste Trust Fund can be spent as the fund has grown.
Corbett summarized the fund’s history: a tire-management…
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