SECTION 1. Section 44-96-380 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
“Section 44-96-380. (A) Not later than eighteen months after this article is effective, The department shall promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards for land application facilities and composting facilities. The regulations shall, at a minimum, establish operational requirements and siting requirements. The department may, by regulation, exempt certain facilities from all or part of the requirements of this section.
(B)(1) Not later than eighteen months after this article is effective, The department shall promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards for construction, demolition, and land-clearing debris landfills. The department may, by regulation, exempt certain sites or facilities from all or part of the requirements of this section, except as provided in item (2) of this subsection. The department shall exempt a landfill for the disposal of trees, stumps, wood chips, and yard waste when generation and disposal of such the waste occurs on properties under the same ownership or control. The regulation shall, at a minimum, contain the following requirements:
(1a) site selection;
(2b) construction;
(3c) hydrogeologic;
(4d) operation; and
(5e) closure and postclosure.
(2) The department may not issue a permit allowing the operation of a construction, demolition, and land-clearing debris landfill unless an operable fire hydrant is located within two hundred feet of the entrance to the landfill.“
SECTION 2. This act takes effect on July 1, 2008.
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This doesn’t make any sense. What good would this bill do besides waste some time and money? What is next a fire hydrant infront of every house?
Thank you Jared for your comment. Actually, due to the underground nature of a typical landfill, fires in landfills could potentially smolder for six weeks or more — causing the whole area around the landfill to be smoky. Currently, the proposed landfill is served by a volunteer fire departement with the closest hydrant over one mile away.