HCS HB 886 -- SOLID WASTE

SPONSOR:  Hobbs (Schlottach)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
Conservation and Natural Resources by a vote of 12 to 0.

This substitute specifies that a person commits the crime of
disposition of demolition waste if he or she purposely or
knowingly disposes of or causes the disposal of demolition waste
on any property in the state that is not a solid waste processing
facility or a solid waste disposal area that has obtained an
operating permit from the Department of Natural Resources.

Any person that knows or should have known that his or her agent
or employee has committed criminal disposition of demolition
waste will be guilty of conspiracy to commit disposition of
demolition waste.  The penalty for the crime of disposition of
demolition waste is increased from a class A misdemeanor to a
class D felony, except that any person who disposes of
construction or demolition waste on his or her own property will
be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.  The crime of criminal
disposition of demolition waste in the second degree is
abolished.  The civil penalties for violations of the solid waste
management provisions are increased.

The substitute includes plasma arc technology as a way to process
waste.  Any facility designated as a waste to energy facility
that generates electricity fueled from solid waste can use this
technology.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2008,
FY 2009, and FY 2010.  Estimated Income on Other State Funds of
$0 in FY 2008, $20,678 in FY 2009, and $20,678 in FY 2010.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill increases the penalty
for violations of illegal dumping and will make it easier to
prosecute individuals who violate the solid waste provisions.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Schlottach;
Department of Natural Resources; Robert Hendrix, Missouri Chapter
of the National Solid Waste Management Association; Sonny's Solid
Waste Services, Incorporated; Tom Rackers, Waste Corporation;
Charles Barcom, Meridian Waste Service; Michael Barcom, America
Eagle; Derrick Standley, Genesis Group; Rock Graham, Allied Waste
Service; Fred Weber, Incorporated; and City of Columbia.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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