HB 6313 Summary

• Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from approving operating license applications for expansion or enlargement of treatment or storage facilities beyond their original authorized design capacity or existing licensed area.

• Requires applicants for hazardous waste facilities to publish notice at least 30 days before submitting applications in newspapers with major circulation in the municipality and immediate vicinity of the proposed project.

• Environmental assessments for proposed facilities must include both an evaluation of impacts on air, water, and natural resources and an environmental failure mode assessment.

• Changes language throughout the statute from "filing" to "submitting" applications and makes clarifying edits to procedures for municipal zoning compatibility determinations for limited storage facilities.

• Updates federal statute references in interim status provisions, changing the upper limit reference from 42 USC 6939e to 42 USC 6939g.