HB697
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Amend KRS 224.43-350 to prohibit the Energy and Environment Cabinet from allowing metallurgic, industrial solid waste from being treated as a residual solid waste regardless of whether the waste is reprocessed in the solid waste facility's manufacturing or industrial processes.
Introduced: February 19, 2025
Last action: February 27, 2025
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This bill would change Kentucky law to prevent the Energy and Environment Cabinet from classifying certain industrial waste from metallurgic processes as a lower-regulated category of solid waste, even if that waste is reused within a facility's own manufacturing operations. The change would apply regardless of how the waste is handled on-site. Who it may affect: industrial facilities that produce metallurgic waste, and communities near solid waste processing sites.
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