The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee had two meetings this week to approve legislation extending the Recycling Fee, creating a waste tire cleanup account and additional siting criteria for coal refuse piles. The bills include:

-- House Bill 1768 (Wansacz-D-Lackawanna) further defining host municipality for landfill programs was amended to extend the $2/ton Recycling Fee to 2020 and create a new Used Tire Pile Remediation Account to fund waste tire pile cleanups;

-- House Bill 961 (Buxton-D-Dauphin) extending the sunset date on the $2/ton Recycling Fee to 2015;

-- House Bill 1847 (Harhai-D-Westmoreland) allowing coal refuse piles to be sited next to existing piles; and

-- Senate Resolution 153 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) urging Congress to exclude youth ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles from lead limit requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

Sen. Mary Jo White (R-Venango) serves as Majority Chair of the Committee and Sen. Ray Musto (D-Luzerne) serves as Minority Chair.

NewsClip: Senate Panel Expands Scope Of Landfill Bill

10/5/2009