HB909--SOLIDWASTEDISPOSALPERMITS SPONSOR: Haffner Currently,theDepartmentofNaturalResourcesisprohibitedfrom issuingapermitfortheoperationofasolidwastedisposalarea designedtoserveacitywithapopulationgreaterthan400,000 inhabitantslocatedinmorethanonecounty,ifthesiteislocated withinone-halfmileofanadjoiningmunicipalitywithoutits approval. Theadjoiningmunicipalitymustconductapublichearing within15daysofprovidingpublicnotice. Thisbillchangestherequirementfromacitytoaservicearea withapopulationgreaterthan400,000inhabitantslocatedinmore thanonecounty,changesthedistancefromtheadjoining municipalityfromone-halfmiletoonemile,andchangesthetime inwhichtheadjoiningmunicipalitymustholdahearingfrom15 daysto30days.