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GA SB380
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/11/2014
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Mullis
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AI Summary
- Creates a "permit by notification" process for inert waste landfills, allowing operators to be deemed permitted by simply notifying the director within 30 days of commencing operations, rather than obtaining a traditional solid waste handling permit
- Defines "inert waste landfill" as a facility accepting only wastes unlikely to produce environmentally concerning leachate, including earth, concrete, cured asphalt, rock, bricks, yard trimmings, stumps, limbs, and leaves — explicitly excluding industrial and demolition waste not on the list
- Imposes operational requirements for permitted-by-notification landfills, including a 100-foot setback from property lines and structures, monthly earth cover of at least one foot, site grading and drainage controls, restricted access, fire prevention measures, and a two-foot final cover with vegetation within one month of the last waste placement
- Requires landfill owners to notify the director within 30 days of final closure and to record on the property deed the landfill's location, operational dates, and types of waste deposited
- Mandates that all rule proposal notices from the Environmental Protection Division be assigned to six specific standing committees: the Senate Rules, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, and Natural Resources and the Environment committees, and the House Rules, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, and Natural Resources and Environment committees
Legislative Description
Waste Management; permit by notification for inert waste landfill operations
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/17/2014
Full Bill Text
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