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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Ensure Landfill Capacity and Promote Recycling’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Moratorium on licenses to expand solid waste disposal facilities. Resolved: That the Department of Environmental Protection may not issue a license to expand a solid waste disposal facility that is a landfill until after April 30, 2014. This section applies to any application to expand a solid waste disposal facility that is a landfill filed after the effective date of this section. As used in this section, "expand" has the same meaning as in the Solid Waste Management Rules, Chapter 400, section 1, paragraph WW, adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection and in effect on the effective date of this section. This section does not apply to generator-owned landfills.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee and replaces the bill with a resolve. The amendment imposes a moratorium on the issuance of licenses to expand solid waste disposal facilities that are landfills until after April 30, 2014. The moratorium applies to applications filed after the effective date of the legislation.