HB1751--SOLIDWASTEDISPOSALAREAPERMITS
SPONSOR: Haffner
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
LocalGovernmentbyavoteof13to0.
Currently,theDepartmentofNaturalResourcesisprohibitedfrom
issuingapermitfortheoperationofasolidwastedisposalarea
designedtoserveacitywithapopulationgreaterthan400,000
inhabitantslocatedinmorethanonecounty,ifthesiteislocated
withinone-halfmileofanadjoiningmunicipalitywithoutits
approval.
Thisbillchangestherequireddistancefromtheadjoining
municipalityfromone-halfmiletoonemile.
ThisbillisthesameasHB909(2023).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthebillisnecessarybecauseof
thedeclineinpropertyvaluesandthesmellsthattravelonthe
wind.Thisneedstobearegionalissue.Thepersonwhowantsto
putinthelandfillshouldtalktotheneighbors. Thereisnoneed
foralandfillinthisarea.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Haffner;
JacksonCountyLegislature;ArnieDienoff;PatriciaO'Connell;
KaleenaSchumacher;BrookeMorehead,Lee'sSummitR7School
District;MacieThomas;BradleyKempf,ClaytonPropertiesGroup
D/B/ASummitHomes;Christopher(Kit)Starr;WilliamA.Baird;
LeonardJones;KrisTurnbow;NormanLarkey;andMilanJ.Rodgers,
Jr.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatthelawshouldnot
bechanged"inthemiddleofthegame"andtheneedforanother
landfillmightnotexistnow,butwiththetimeittakestogeta
permit,theneedwillbethere.
TestifyinginpersonagainstthebillwasJenniferMonheiser,KC
Recycle&WasteSolutions.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.