LD 1578
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Page 2 of 3 An Act To Ensure Certain Protections to Communities Hosting Waste-to-energy Fac... LD 1578 Title Page
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such facilities, including an option for a host community
to limit disposal of biomedical, toxic, hazardous and
special wastes; and

 
(9)__Reasonable odor and noise controls.

 
The department shall adopt rules concerning the expenditure
of funds made available to a municipality under the
provisions of subparagraph (3) to ensure that funds are used
to provide direct technical support to the municipality
necessary for the conduct of municipal planning and decision
making.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill provides that a community that hosts a waste-to-
energy facility may adopt its own reasonable rules on the
transportation of solid waste, municipal solid waste, special
waste and refuse-derived fuel through that community. It also
provides that an agreement between an incineration facility and a
community must include certain provisions to protect that
community.


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