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OK HB4413

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Meloyde Blancett

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Municipal solid waste incinerators must develop plans to continuously monitor or sample 15 air contaminants including carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, PCBs, dioxin/furan, and heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and arsenic

  • Plans must be submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality within 3 months of the effective date and implemented within 3 months of approval, with monitoring conducted for 12 consecutive months

  • Continuous emissions monitoring systems are required where technologically feasible; continuous automated sampling systems must be used when continuous monitoring is not feasible

  • Municipal solid waste incinerators are limited to combusting no more than 18,000 tons of hospital, medical, or infectious waste per calendar year

  • The Department must submit progress reports to legislative environment committees by November 1, 2027, and within 3 months after the 12-month monitoring period concludes

Legislative Description

Air emission standards; defining terms; requiring municipal solid waste incinerators to develop certain plan; effective date.

Last Action

Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee2/3/2026
Appropriations and Budget2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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