SB 224 Landfill Moritorium (Sen. Kirk Schuring)

Bill Sponsors: Ohio Senators J. Kirk Schuring (R) Canton; Kevin Coughlin (R) Cuyahoga Falls; Marc Dann (D) Liberty Twp.; Robert F. Hagan (D) Youngstown; and, Kimberly A. Zurz (D) Green.

To establish a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new solid waste landfills and expansions of existing landfills and licenses for new construction and demolition debris facilities and expansion of existing facilities in counties that are included in the Regional Hydrologic Study of the Tuscarawas River Basin conducted by the United States Geological Survey and to authorize solid waste management districts to expend money derived from district solid waste disposal and generation fees to providing funding for geological and hydrogeological surveys. Sm. Sec. 3734.57 & En. Se. 3754.50. . . Full SB 224 text here.

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