HB 969: DOH; CWRM; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; LANDFILL UNITS; AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT; BUFFER ZONES; UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL LINES; PROHIBITION
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2025-04-26
Current Status:
In Progress
(2025-07-01: Act 255, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358).)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Prohibits
landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a
county with a population greater than five hundred thousand. 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. (CD1)
Discussed in Hearing