Processing of Municipal Solid Waste

On and after July 1, 2024, section 2 of the bill prohibits a person from operating or expanding certain units that incinerate combust municipal solid waste ( incineration combustion unit) and specifies exemptions to the prohibition.

On and after January 1, 2025, section 2 also clarifies that incineration combustion and incineration combustion units do not meet certain standards established by state law or rules. Section 3 changes current law to provide that synthetic gas produced by the pyrolysis of waste materials is not an eligible energy resource for the purpose of certain state-level renewable energy standards. Section 4 changes current law to specify that methane derived from the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste is not recovered methane that is a clean heat resource for the purpose of clean heat plans.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)