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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 4, 2013 12:00 PM |
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| From: | Senator Lisa M. Boscola |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Landfills and waste hauling |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation safeguarding our local communities from issues associated with increased out-of-state trash being hauled to our existing landfills. These three bills together will do the following: |
Document #1
Introduced as SB783
| Description: | 1. Require DEP to conduct a community health risk study before approving permits to expand a municipal landfill. DEP would also be required to conduct no less than three public hearings before approving a landfill permit modification (expansion). |
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Document #2
Introduced as SB784
| Description: | 2. Prohibit issuance of permits for siting new landfills or expanding existing landfills where voters have rejected the siting or expansion by referendum vote. |
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Document #3
Introduced as SB785
| Description: | 3. Double the fines for trash-hauling vehicles that exceed the gross weight currently allowed under the Solid Waste Management Act. |
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