HI HB1968

Prohibits construction, modification, or expansion of waste or disposal facilities (including municipal solid waste landfills and construction/demolition landfills) on land near or above a significant aquifer, as determined by the Department of Health in consultation with the Commission on Water Resource Management.

Requires a buffer zone of no less than one-half mile between the edge of waste or disposal facilities and the nearest residential, school, or hospital property line for any new construction, modification, or expansion.

Exempts continued operation of existing, properly permitted waste or disposal facilities from these restrictions, provided that operation does not require physical expansion requiring additional permit modifications.

Excludes individual, state-certified, non-industrial redemption centers from the definition of "waste or disposal facility."

Effective July 1, 2100.