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2005 SESSION
HB 2923 Landfills; distance from ground water supply and required replacement of nontidal wetlands.
Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Siting of landfills. Provides requirements and procedures for locating a landfill within the established buffer zones for water supply intakes or reservoirs and wetlands. This bill allows for the location of a new landfill within five miles, but not closer than one mile, of a public water supply if: (i) all other requirements of the Waste Management Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act are met; (ii) the permit requires certain groundwater protection standards; and (iii) any other conditions required by the Director to protect against water contamination are met. This bill also allows for the location of a new landfill or the expansion of a landfill in a wetland if: (i) the proposed landfill site is at least one mile from any surface water body or tidal wetland; and (ii) the creation or restoration of a wetland in another location would provide enhanced wetlands benefits. Finally, this bill eliminates the exemption for landfills that impact less than 1.25 acres of nontidal wetlands, and provides that no additional localities will be granted an exemption for the siting of landfills unless the proponent submits to the Department of Environmental Quality an assessment of the potential impacts to public water supplies or wetlands, the need for the exemption, and the alternatives considered, and the information is made available for public review for at least 60 days prior to the first day of the Regular Session of the General Assembly. This bill grandfathers in the existing individual landfill siting exemptions.
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HISTORY
- 01/21/05 House: Presented & ordered printed 052099428
- 01/21/05 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/02/05 House: Incorporated by A., C. & N. R. (HB2192-Abbitt) (22-Y 0-N)