LD 909
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Page 1 of 2 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Land Application of Municipal Wastewater... LD 909 Title Page
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SUMMARY

 
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.


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