States / Hawaii / SB 438

SB 438 Passed First Chamber

RELATING TO WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.

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Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils. Beginning 7/1/2025, narrows the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units. Beginning 7/1/2025, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions.

Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)

Chamber
Senate
Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Last action
Jan 16, 2025 — Introduced.
Session
2026
Momentum
66 · High