HCSHB909--SOLIDWASTEDISPOSALPERMITS
SPONSOR: Haffner
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonLocalGovernmentbyavoteof14to0.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
909.
Currently,theDepartmentofNaturalResourcesisprohibitedfrom
issuingapermitfortheoperationofasolidwastedisposalarea
designedtoserveacitywithapopulationgreaterthan400,000
inhabitantslocatedinmorethanonecounty,ifthesiteislocated
withinone-halfmileofanadjoiningmunicipalitywithoutits
approval.
Thisbillchangestherequireddistancefromtheadjoining
municipalityfromone-halfmiletoonemile.
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthebillisnecessarybecauseof
thedeclineinpropertyvaluesandthesmellsthattravelonthe
wind.Thisneedstobearegionalissue.Thepersonwhowantto
putinthelandfillshouldtalktotheneighbors. Thereisnoneed
foralandfillinthisarea.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Haffner;Jay
Hoglund;KaleenaSchumacher;LaurieLang;RachelleVandiver;Sara
Becker;SeanSmith,JacksonCountyMissouri;JimJulo;Ryan
Johnson;ReginaldTownsend,CityofRaymore;RobertStottlemyre;
LeonardJones,CityofGrandview;PatriciaO'Connell;Ryan
Nonnemaker,CongressmanMarkAlford'sOffice;KitStarr,Raptor
Recycle&Transfer;BobHuston,CassCounty;JosephWarren,Cityof
Belton,Mo;RichardR.Meyers;GeorgeConstable,Constable
Sanitation;DavidBuck,Lee'sSummitR-7SchoolDistrict;William
A.Baird,CityofLee'sSummit;CraigFishel;andtheMissouri
MuncipalLeague.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatthelawshouldnot
bechanged"inthemiddleofthegame"andtheneedforanother
landfillmightnotexistnow,butwiththetimeittakestogeta
permit,theneedwillbethere. TestifyinginpersonagainstthebillwereCharlesPuhr;Janice
Long;RobertStottlemyre;JenniferMonheiser,KCRecycle&Waste
Solutions;BenRichards;andArnieC.Dienott.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaythatthepermitting
processtakesaboutfiveyears,withthemiddlestepbeingthe
longest. Itisnotunusualfortheretobesecrecyatthisstage
oftheprocess. Theownerssaytherulesshouldn'tbechangedin
themiddleofthegame,butthegamehasn'tevenstartedyet.
TestifyinginpersononthebillwereT.J.Graven,MoDepartment
ofNaturalResources;LisaMcDaniel,Mid-AmericaRegionalCouncil;
ReneeTrenshaw,andSCSEngineers.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.