Delaware General Assembly

Passed 6/28/06

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/1/06

Smith

Sen. Vaughn, Venables

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF YARD WASTE IN THE CHERRY ISLAND LANDFILL AND IN OTHER LANDFILLS, AND RAISING THE ELEVATION OF THE CHERRY ISLAND LANDFILL.

Permit SW-06/01 has restructured the size of the Cherry Island Landfill to a vertical expansion of 195 feet above mean sea level, but has excluded residential yard waste deliveries to that site. The Delaware Solid Waste Authority has indicated that raising the height of the landfill by 6 feet would enable residential yard waste to be accommodated by the landfill at no additional cost and with no change in the date at which the landfill will reach full capacity. The Secretary of DNREC has indicated that his long term goal is to ban the deposit of residential yard waste at Kent and Sussex County landfills, in addition to landfills in New Castle County. This bill will leave such a policy change in the hands of the General Assembly.

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