GA HB557 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-23 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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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Title

Conservation and natural resources; permitting of landfills near significant ground-water recharge areas; revise limitations

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2021-02-23HouseHouse Second Readers
2021-02-22HouseHouse First Readers
2021-02-18HouseHouse Hopper

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Bill Comments

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