ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 19	By:	Ballenger of the Senate

			and

		McNiel of the House

An Act relating to solid waste; providing for certain slope requirements on solid waste landfill sites; authorizing Environmental Quality Board to promulgate rules; providing for codification; providing an effective date; 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 2-10-801.2 of Title 27A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the owner and operator of a solid waste landfill shall ensure the following:
1.  Exterior slopes, to the edge of the permitted footprint, are maintained at all times to be no steeper overall than four (4) horizontal to one (1) vertical (4:1), except as otherwise provided in a plan approved by the Department of Environmental Quality; and
2.  All interior slopes are maintained at all times to be no steeper overall than three (3) horizontal to one (1) vertical (3:1), except as otherwise provided in a plan approved by the Department.
B.  The working face slopes of a solid waste landfill may vary during daily placement of waste but shall be graded to meet the applicable interior or exterior slope grades prior to placement of the daily cover of soil or approved alternate daily cover material.
C.  The Environmental Quality Board is authorized to promulgate rules recommended by the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council as needed to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2011.
SECTION 3.  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 Senate the 10th day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives