HB1258 - Air Pollution Monitoring at Waste Combustion Facilities

• Requires owners/operators of waste combustion facilities to develop plans implementing continuous monitoring or sampling for 20 specified air contaminants including dioxins, furans, mercury, lead, and particulate matter at each combustion unit.

• Mandates submission of monitoring plans to the Department of Health by October 1, 2025, with implementation required within three months of approval (extendable up to nine months for good cause).

• Requires establishment of a publicly accessible website hosted by the Department of Health displaying real-time or near real-time emissions data with automatic alerts for violations of state and federal emissions limits.

• Authorizes the Department of Health director to determine when continuous monitoring data is reliable for enforcement purposes and to establish new permit limits based on collected data, with enforcement rules to be published within 12 months of a reliability determination.

• Establishes annual fees charged to waste combustion facility owners to cover costs of developing and hosting the data disclosure website and enforcing the act.