HB435 - Solid waste management; permitting of landfills near significant ground-water recharge areas; revise limitations
Georgia - 2023-2024 Regular Session
Introduced byTyler Paul Smith, Stacey Evans, Gerald E. Greene
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as to revise limitations on permitting of landfills near significant ground-water recharge areas; to prohibit permitting of new landfills within 50 miles of existing landfills; to require demonstration of need for new landfills to the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for buffer areas around landfills; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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