ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1554	By:	Duncan of the House

			   and

		Newberry of the Senate

An Act relating to municipal sewage sludge; prohibiting municipal solid waste landfills from disposing certain sludge; stating requirements for acceptance; authorizing the Department of Environmental Quality to renew, suspend or revoke landfill permits for certain violations; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-10-402.1 of Title 27A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  A municipal solid waste landfill shall not accept for disposal any municipal sewage sludge unless:

1.  The sludge has been treated to meet Class B requirements for pathogen reduction, as specified in Section 503.32 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and

2.  The sludge is demonstrated not to contain free liquids pursuant to the Paint Filter Liquids Test, EPA Method 9095, or any successor free liquids test hereafter adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and approved by the Department of Environmental Quality.

B.  The Department may refuse to renew, or may suspend or revoke, a permit issued to a municipal solid waste landfill pursuant to the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act for willful violation of the requirements of this section.  The authorization for suspension, revocation or nonrenewal pursuant to this subsection is in addition to any other remedies for noncompliance available to the Department pursuant to the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code.

SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of April, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 7th day of April, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate