LB 247 — Change provisions relating to fees and distribution of proceeds under the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act and uses of and transfers from the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Cash Fund

LB247 LB247 2025 LEGISLATURELEGISLATIVE OFBILL NEBRASKA247 ONEApproved HUNDREDby NINTHthe LEGISLATUREGovernor FIRSTMarch SESSION17, LEGISLATIVE2025 BILL 247 FINAL READING   Introduced by DeKay, 40.

Read  firstA timeBILL JanuaryFOR 14,AN 2025ACT Committee:relating to the Department of Environment and Energy;

Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Department of Environment and Energy;

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, -1- LB247 LB247 2025 Section 1.

13-2042 (1)13-2042 (1) A disposal fee of two dollars one dollar and thirty-four twenty-five cents is imposed for each six cubic yards of uncompacted solid waste, two dollars one dollar and thirty-four twenty-five cents for each three cubic yards of compacted solid waste, or two dollars one dollar and thirty-four twenty-five cents per ton of solid waste (a) disposed of at landfills regulated by the department or (b) transported for disposal out of state from a solid waste processing facility holding a permit under the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act.

(5) Sixty-five Fifty percent of the total of such fees collected in each quarter shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Cash Fund and shall be used by the -2- LB247 LB247 2025 department to cover the direct and indirect costs of (a) responding to spills or other environmental emergencies, (b) providing cost share, operation, and maintenance for remediation of superfund sites in order to pay for nonfederal costs, including costs for in-kind services, under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C.

The grant proceeds shall not be used to fund landfill closure site -3- LB247 LB247 2025 assessments, closure, monitoring, or investigative or corrective action costs for existing landfills or landfills already closed prior to July 15, 1992.

and (ii) The department may disburse amounts to political subdivisions for -1- LB247 LB247 2025 costs incurred in response to and remediation of any solid waste disposed of or abandoned at dump sites or discrete locations along public roadways or ditches and on any contiguous area affected by such disposal or abandonment.

66-1519 (1) There is hereby created the Petroleum Release Remedial -4- LB247 LB247 2025 Action Cash Fund to be administered by the department.

(3) Transfers may be made from the Petroleum Release Remedial Action -5- LB247 LB247 2025 Cash Fund to the Superfund Cost Share Cash Fund at the direction of the Legislature.

-6--2-