Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68.
ON MARCH 10, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2121, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to specify that the commissioner of environment and conservation:<br /> <br /> (1) Is authorized to continue processing a permit application for a new landfill or the expansion of an existing landfill if the municipal solid waste region does not render a decision on such an application within 90 days after receipt of a complete application, as required by present law; and<br /> <br /> (2) Is prohibited from issuing a permit during the pendency of an appeal during the pendency of an appeal of a region's final action on a permit application for a new landfill or the expansion of an existing landfill.<br /> <br /> ON MARCH 24, 2022, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2121 FOR HOUSE BILL 1842, ADOPTED AMENDMENT#1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2121, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 reinserts the reference "to reject the application," which was removed by Senate Amendment #1, in regard to the provision under which the commissioner may issue a permit, if an aggrieved party does not appeal a final action, unless the commissioner finds that the decision of the region "to reject the application" is arbitrary and capricious and unsupported in the record.<br />
ON MARCH 10, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2121, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to specify that the commissioner of environment and conservation:<br /> <br /> (1) Is authorized to continue processing a permit application for a new landfill or the expansion of an existing landfill if the municipal solid waste region does not render a decision on such an application within 90 days after receipt of a complete application, as required by present law; and<br /> <br /> (2) Is prohibited from issuing a permit during the pendency of an appeal during the pendency of an appeal of a region's final action on a permit application for a new landfill or the expansion of an existing landfill.<br /> <br /> ON MARCH 24, 2022, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2121 FOR HOUSE BILL 1842, ADOPTED AMENDMENT#1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2121, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 reinserts the reference "to reject the application," which was removed by Senate Amendment #1, in regard to the provision under which the commissioner may issue a permit, if an aggrieved party does not appeal a final action, unless the commissioner finds that the decision of the region "to reject the application" is arbitrary and capricious and unsupported in the record.<br />
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