SUMMARY

This bill does the following:

1. Requires that host community agreements between municipalities and solid waste facility operators be monitored for good faith by a neutral arbitrator;

2. Requires that host community agreements provide for tipping fees to be paid to the municipality into a trust fund to help pay for monitoring, testing and administrative costs of solid waste facilities and in case of accidents or failures with the facility;

3. Requires the Executive Department, State Planning Office to report to the Legislature when there is only one facility in the State to handle the required disposal demand or when the available capacity will be used up within 4 years; and

4. Requires the State Planning Office to conduct a search and report on other suitable disposal sites in the State.