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Committee hears competing landfill bills; sponsors push site‑evaluation committee to bring community impacts into permitting
Summary
Members heard HB 1478 (update DES landfill siting rules) and HB 1189 (create site evaluation committee). Sponsors argued for site‑specific, time‑of‑travel setbacks and public input; DES supported an SEC in principle but warned of procedural/timing and technical issues and suggested clarifying definitions and implementation language.
The committee conducted lengthy hearings on two connected topics: HB 1478, which would require DES to revise landfill siting rules to use site‑specific time‑of‑travel and setbacks to protect drinking water, and HB 1189, which would establish a Solid Waste Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) to evaluate proposed major facilities (>100,000 tons/year) on broad public‑interest grounds.
Representative Kelly Potenza framed HB 1478 as the next step after protracted rulemaking, arguing DES rule drafts were weakened after public comment and that site‑specific hydrogeologic setbacks and modern time‑of‑travel criteria are needed to protect wells, surface…
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