S.B. 2386 - Waste Management Summary

• Prohibits waste or disposal facilities (transfer stations, landfills, open dumps, solid waste reduction facilities) from being located in conservation districts except in emergency circumstances to mitigate public safety and health risks, with emergency use limited to three years.

• Requires a minimum one-half mile buffer zone between waste or disposal facilities and residential, school, or hospital property lines for new construction, modification, or expansion of such facilities.

• Exempts continued operation of existing, properly permitted waste or disposal facilities from the buffer zone requirement unless the operation involves physical expansion requiring permit modification.

• Defines "waste or disposal facility" to exclude individual, state certified, non-industrial redemption centers.

• Effective upon approval.