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OK HB1554

Bill

Status

Passed

5/6/2010

Primary Sponsor

Rex Duncan

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Municipal solid waste landfills are prohibited from accepting municipal sewage sludge unless it meets Class B pathogen reduction requirements specified in federal regulations (40 CFR 503.32).

  • Sludge must be demonstrated to contain no free liquids using the Paint Filter Liquids Test (EPA Method 9095) or any successor test adopted by the EPA and approved by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.

  • The Department of Environmental Quality may refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a municipal solid waste landfill permit for willful violation of these sludge disposal requirements.

  • The law is codified as Section 2-10-402.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

  • An emergency clause declares the act takes effect immediately upon passage and approval.

Legislative Description

Environment and natural resources; relating to municipal sewage sludge; prohibiting municipal solid waste landfills from disposing of certain sludge. Emergency.

Natural Resources

Last Action

Approved by Governor 05/05/2010

5/6/2010

Committee Referrals

Agriculture and Rural Development2/3/2009

Full Bill Text

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