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GA HB1338
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/11/2022
Primary Sponsor
Tyler Smith
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AI Summary
- Expands the prohibition on solid waste disposal facilities within 5,708 yards of a historic site from only the three Georgia National Historic Sites to any site deemed historic by the federal government (as of January 1, 2021), the state, or any county, municipality, or consolidated government
- Eliminates the existing exception that allowed municipal solid waste landfills within two miles of significant ground-water recharge areas if they had a liner and leachate collection system, making the two-mile prohibition absolute
- Requires every new landfill permit applicant to demonstrate to the director of the Environmental Protection Division that a need exists in the jurisdiction due to insufficient existing regional capacity for commercial, residential, and local governmental waste
- Caps all new private and public landfills at 100 acres in size and mandates a buffer area of natural habitat with no residential or commercial structures extending not less than two square miles in every direction around the landfill
Legislative Description
Conservation and natural resources; permitting of landfills near historic sites; revise limitations
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/15/2022
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources and Environment2/14/2022
Full Bill Text
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