House Bill 2720 adds to
state guidelines governing the sitting of municipal garbage dumps. The
Governor signed the bill into law, effective immediately.
The new statute prohibits
the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing a permit to
establish a new solid waste landfill at any location that is within a
locally fractured or cavernous limestone bedrock, which is porous, and
that is within five miles of any water well owned by a rural water
district.
Where the Dollars Go?
Air quality 5.1%
Forestry 9.8%
Fish & Wildlife 15.4%
Hazardous Waste 15.0%
Land Management 3.0%
Solid Waste 12.1%
Water Quality and Resources 30.5%
Other 9.1% Source: State and Local Source Book 2000
