STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010)

SENATE BILL 2155	By:	Marlatt

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to solid waste disposal; amending 27A O.S. 2001, Section 2-10-801.1, which relates to vegetation plans; modifying time period for implementation of vegetation plan; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     27A O.S. 2001, Section 2-10-801.1, is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-10-801.1  The owner or operator of any commercial solid waste landfill, over fifty (50) feet in height above natural surface contours that accepts more than two hundred (200) tons per day of solid waste, must submit a vegetation plan to the Department of Environmental Quality for approval.  The vegetation plan shall address establishment and maintenance of appropriate vegetative cover for the purposes of erosion and dust control and aesthetic enhancement.  The vegetation plan shall be implemented in waste disposal areas that have been undisturbed for ninety (90) one hundred (100) days.  The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules, developed and recommended by the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council, relative to the contents of the vegetation plan.
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.

52-2-3430	MJM	1/14/2010 3:22:17 PM