HB 2496 Shifting funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund to local solid waste authorities

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About HB-2496

The purpose of this bill is to shift funding from the Landfill Closure Assistance Fund, which was set up in 1991 to properly close old landfills across the state, to local solid waste authorities. According to the 2017 West Virginia Solid Waste Management Plan, 28 of the 35 old landfills have been properly remediated by the fund. Given the progress made towards closure of the old landfills, the portion of the solid waste fee assessed on landfill deposits, which is currently sent to the fund, is being reduced in order to accommodate an in-kind increase in the portion of the solid waste fee charged by county or regional solid waste authorities to fund various recycling, litter control, and other locally important solid waste programs. Additionally, this bill would allow for a reduction in the use of county commission/county tax dollars currently used to support various recycling, litter control, and other locally important solid waste programs.