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1999 SESSION

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SB 1182 Regulation and management of solid waste.

Introduced by: Stanley C. Walker | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Regulation and management of solid waste. Caps the amount of municipal solid waste that may be disposed of in a landfill at 2,000 tons per day, or the actual amount disposed of in 1998, whichever is greater. The Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may allow additional disposal at a facility, after considering certain factors and after a public hearing has been held. The provisions do not allow for any increased disposal activity above levels that may be set by any other means. The issuance of permits for new landfills is prohibited until the statewide disposal capacity falls below an eight-year supply. Directs the Virginia Waste Management Board to prohibit to the fullest extent, consistent with limitations posed by the Constitution of the United States and as is necessary to protect health, safety and welfare and the environment, the commercial transport of certain types of solid waste, by ship, barge or other vessel, on the navigable waters of the Commonwealth. Written authorization from the Department of Environmental Quality is required for the transport by truck of municipal solid waste destined for a landfill or waste to energy facility. Fees are assessed in increasing amounts based on the tonnage of the truck. Bonding requirements are established as is a manifest system to assure that waste is transported safely and is of the type allowable for disposal in destination facilities. Significant enforcement authority is granted to the Waste Management Board. Fees and penalties are to be deposited into a fund for implementation and enforcement of provisions related to waste transportation.


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