2001 Senate Bill 11 ↩

House Roll Call 1330: Passed

Require the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to provide a report to the legislature within 18 months reviewing all methods to dispose medical waste, and ranking them based on their effect on the environment. The bill also would prohibit the DEQ from issuing or renewing a permit for a medical waste incinerator until 180 days after the report was submitted, and require new air pollution controls for medical waste incinerations.