No. CS/CS/HB 1285
Filed under Environment & Water.
Biosolids Management ; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDStarting July 1, 2027, the state cannot approve a new or renewed permit to spread septage on land as Class B biosolids if a nearby public treatment plant could handle it better instead.
That blocking facility must sit within 30 miles, be owned by a federal, state, or local government, and actually be open and able to take more septage, not shut down or full.
A privately owned treatment plant next door does not count, no matter how close or capable it is; only a government-run facility can stop the permit.
AIThe department cannot issue or renew a permit letting septage be land-applied as Class B biosolids if a public wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher treatment sits within 30 miles and can take it.
AIThe nearby facility that triggers this block must be owned or operated by the federal government, a state agency, or a local political subdivision; a privately owned treatment plant does not count.
AIThe nearby public facility only blocks the new permit if it is not defunct, is not being used for some other purpose, and is not already out of capacity to accept more septage.