Changes to Solid Waste Management Rules
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Bill Summary - 24LSO-0545 Bill No.: SF0080 Effective: Multiple Dates LSO No.: 24LSO-0545 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0040 Chapter No.: 74 Prime Sponsor: Barlow Catch Title: Solid waste management-definition amendments. Has Report: No Subject: Solid waste management definition amendments. Summary/Major Elements: This act amends the definition of solid waste to provide that solid waste does not include post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks converted at an advanced recycling facility or held at an advanced recycling facility before conversion through an advanced recycling process. This act amends the definition of solid waste management facility to provide that a solid waste management facility does not include advanced recycling facilities. This act provides definitions of advanced recycling and advanced recycling facility. This act requires the environmental quality council, upon recommendation by the department of environmental quality, to promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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R · H17
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The lawmaker supports the bill because it deregulates an industry involving advanced plastic recycling, which could benefit Wyoming communities with rail access by allowing new technologies like pyrolysis that current statutes do not anticipate.
R · S23
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker supports the bill because it reclassifies advanced recycling facilities as industry rather than solid waste management, thereby removing them from strict regulatory requirements and encouraging industrial development.
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