HB1689: Municipal solid waste; regulation thereof.

Chief Patron

Del. Steve Landes (R-25)

Steve Landes (R-25)
Served: 1996–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

02/19/2007: signed by governor

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Summary

Regulation of municipal solid waste.  Repeals two provisions of the solid waste laws enacted in 1999 that were subsequently found to be unconstitutional by the federal court. The bill repeals the authority of the Solid Waste Management Board to develop regulations governing the commercial transport of nonhazardous municipal solid waste by truck. This section was declared unconstitutional because it imposed certain requirements on large trucks carrying solid waste that violated the dormant commerce clause. The federal court found that the statute placed "disproportionate burdens" on trucks carrying waste from outside of Virginia.  The second provision found to be unconstitutional under the dormant commerce clause was the 2,000 tons per day cap placed on landfills for accepting municipal solid waste. This is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.   View Full Text »