Solid Waste Disposal

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on other changes to environmental report submission or broader updates to solid waste management laws beyond electronic submissions for groundwater sampling reports.

Solid Waste Management Changes

This bill allows solid waste disposal facilities to submit groundwater sampling reports electronically.

What This Bill Does

• Allows solid waste disposal facilities to send their groundwater sampling reports in electronic form instead of paper.

Who It Names or Affects

• Solid waste disposal facilities that need to submit groundwater sampling reports.
• The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, which oversees these reports.

Terms To Know

Groundwater

Water found beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and fractures of rock formations.

Solid waste disposal facilities

Places where solid waste, like trash or garbage, is collected and processed for disposal.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the electronic submission system will work.
• It's unclear if all facilities will be required to use electronic submissions or if it will be optional.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2546
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 2515
By Todd
HB2515
012175
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 64; Title 67
and Title 68, relative to solid waste management.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-211-107(c), is amended by
adding the following language immediately after the first sentence in the subsection:
The department may authorize facilities to submit the reports required by this subsection
(c) in electronic format.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.