HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

150th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 184

AMEND House Bill No. 184 on line 6 by deleting “ recoverable feedstocks ” after “ which ” and before “ are ” therein and inserting in lieu thereof “ post-use polymers ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 184 on lines 12 through 13 by deleting “ and recoverable feedstocks” as it appears therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 184 by deleting lines 31 through 46 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ ( ) “Post-use polymer” means a plastic polymer that has gone through a recycling process. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 184 by deleting lines 56 through 90 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ ( ) “Recycling” means the process by which recyclable materials, which would otherwise be disposed of as solid waste, are returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.

( ) “Recyclable material” means a solid waste that exhibits the potential to be used repeatedly in place of virgin material. ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment clarifies that while the recycling process itself requires a solid waste permit, when recycling occurs elsewhere and only raw materials and products are being accepted for the gasification and pyrolysis process, a solid waste permit is not required.