HB 1907-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Directs the department of general administration to work with commercial and industrial construction industry organizations and recycle and refuse haulers to develop guidelines for implementing on-site construction waste management planning.  The topics addressed in the guidelines shall include, but shall not be limited to:  (1) Standards for identifying the type of wastes generated during construction;

     (2) Methods for analyzing the availability and cost-effectiveness of recycling services for each type of waste;

     (3) Methods for evaluating construction waste management alternatives given limited recycling services in rural areas of the state;

     (4) Strategies to maximize reuse and recycling of wastes and minimize landfill disposal;

     (5) Standardized formats for on-site construction waste management planning and reporting documents; and

     (6) A training and technical assistance plan for public and private building owners and construction industry members, in order to facilitate incorporation of waste management planning and recycling into standard construction industry practice.

     Provides that by December 15, 2001, the department of general administration shall provide a report to the legislature on the development of the guidelines required by this act.  The report shall include recommendations for incorporating job-site waste management planning and recycling into standard construction industry practice.

     Declares that it is the state's goal that programs be established to eliminate residential or commercial yard debris in landfills by 2011 in those areas where alternatives to disposal are readily available and effective.

     Declares that the commission shall allow solid waste collection companies collecting recyclable materials to retain up to thirty percent of the revenue paid to the companies for the material if the companies submit a plan to the commission that is certified by the appropriate local government authority as being consistent with the local government solid waste plan and that demonstrates how the revenues will be used to increase recycling.  The remaining seventy percent of the revenue shall be passed to residential customers served throughout the state.

     Requires that, by December 2, 2004, the commission shall provide a report to the legislature that evaluates:

     (1) The effectiveness of revenue sharing as an incentive to increase recycling in the state; and

     (2) The effect of revenue sharing on costs to customers.