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SB 446 Passed First Chamber

RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

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Beginning 7/1/2025, prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit or any component of a landfill unit mauka of the underground injection control line without first establishing a buffer zone of not less than one-quarter mile around the landfill unit. Prohibits the utilization of fly ash, bottom ash, or a combination of fly and bottom ash from a municipal waste combustor, including any ash residue that remains after removal of metals for recycling into new metal products, for the purposes of road building, construction, or as alternative daily cover material on a landfill. Effective 12/31/2050.

(SD2)

Chamber
Senate
Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Last action
Jan 16, 2025 — Introduced.
Session
2026
Momentum
58 · Moderate