Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority
Hearing (House)
Summary
The bill lets counties and municipalities adopt their own emission, ambient air quality, and solid‑waste regulations, provided those local rules are not weaker than state standards. It also clarifies that a county’s water‑and‑sewer plan approval does not limit its ability to set such standards and requires the Department of the Environment to post a summary of these authorities online by October 1 2026.
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- Environment and Transportation — Bill HearingEnvironment and Transportation · Feb 18, 2026
History
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Sponsors
- Terrasa · sponsor
- Acevero
- Bagnall
- Charkoudian
- Kaufman
- Lehman
- Moreno
- Ruth
- Taveras
- Wolek
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