| Under current state law, wastewater treatment plant sludge is |
batch-tested for compliance with standards governing the various |
chemical constituents at the facilities where the sludge is |
generated. This bill clarifies the partial preemption of home |
rule authority that governs municipal ordinances regarding solid |
waste facilities to allow municipalities to require the testing |
of the actual wastewater treatment plant sludge that is going to |
be spread in that municipality to ensure that it meets the |
standards or parameters that are otherwise established by state |
law or rule. The municipal testing authority will be limited to |
one analysis per site for each year. In addition, this bill |
requires the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct at |
least one inspection annually of all the sites that are located |
in municipalities that the department approves for the spreading |
of sludge if sludge was applied to the site during the calendar |
year. |