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Introduced
03/17/2025
03/17/2025
In Committee
03/17/2025
03/17/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions; authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste; requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities; granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the Environmental Quality Board and the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules, regulations, standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing duties upon county health departments; providing remedies; prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," in general provisions, providing for areas where landfills are prohibited.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Solid Waste Management Act to establish a new restriction on landfill locations in Pennsylvania. Specifically, the bill prohibits landfills designed for municipal, residual, or hazardous waste from being located within 2,500 feet of an occupied dwelling. This distance is measured horizontally, which means in a straight line from the edge of the dwelling to the landfill boundary. The prohibition applies to landfills that are seeking a permit to initially open, reopen, or expand their operations, and the permit must not have been finally granted by both the department and a court with final jurisdiction. By implementing this distance requirement, the bill aims to protect residential areas from potential environmental and health risks associated with waste disposal facilities, ensuring that landfills maintain a significant buffer zone from inhabited spaces.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection (on 03/17/2025)
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