Bill > H936

This bill aims to protect public drinking water by establishing stricter regulations on the location of solid waste disposal facilities. Specifically, the bill prohibits assigning or expanding a solid waste disposal facility within 400 feet of three types of water sources: (1) a public water supply well or well field, (2) a specific area of an aquifer that can provide water to a well for 180 days without natural recharge, and (3) an aquifer area that contributes water to a naturally flowing spring. The protected zone includes streams or lakes that act as recharge boundaries and extends up-gradient to its intersection with hydrogeologic boundaries. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection to create and implement necessary rules and regulations to enforce these new location restrictions, ultimately seeking to prevent potential contamination of critical water resources by carefully controlling the placement of waste disposal facilities.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H936