HI SR63

Department of Health is requested to study the feasibility of requiring waste combustion facilities and municipal solid waste landfills to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies verified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Study should consider requiring waste combustion facility owners or operators to continuously monitor or sample emissions of 23 contaminants including carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, dioxins, furans, mercury, and various heavy metals.

Study should examine requiring municipal solid waste landfill owners or operators to develop plans to monitor or sample emissions of contaminants established by the Department.

Department should consider hosting an emissions data disclosure website to collect emissions data and alert facility owners, operators, the Department, and enrolled parties of any violations or exceedances of air pollution limitations.

Department must submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2025, and should seek funding from waste facility users to develop the emissions data disclosure website.