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Officials warn moratorium could push biosolids to landfills, raising costs and capacity concerns
Summary
Committee members and staff warned that pausing field spreading would likely shift biosolids to landfills, increasing tipping fees and accelerating landfill fill rates; no disposal plan was adopted in committee.
Committee members and county staff flagged operational and budgetary consequences if a moratorium stopped biosolids spreading to fields. One staff member explained that a shift to landfill disposal would mean higher transportation and tipping fees and could shorten the useful life of the county landfill: "If it's going to be landfilled... we're gonna fill up the landfill quicker."
Members discussed limited incineration capacity and the difficulties of finding alternative disposal options. The committee did not adopt a disposal mitigation plan; the conversation underscored tradeoffs between environmental caution on spreading and immediate county costs and infrastructure constraints. The issue remains for the full legislature to consider alongside legal guidance and DEC’s pending rule changes.
