SB266: Bill Text

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

2011 Senate BILL 266

October 28, 2011 - Introduced by Senators Grothman and Lasee, cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, Jacque, Mursau, Brooks, Strachota, Pridemore and Bies. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

SB266,1,3 An Act to repeal 287.07 (4m) (b) 2. and 287.07 (4m) (c); to consolidate, renumber and amend 287.07 (4m) (b) (intro.) and 1.; and to create 287.07 (4m) (bm) of the statutes; relating to: the disposal of oil absorbent materials.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits the disposal of certain materials in solid waste disposal facilities, such as landfills. The law prohibits the disposal of oil absorbent materials that contain waste oil in a solid waste disposal facility, except that the prohibition does not apply to the disposal of less than one gallon of oil absorbent materials that contain waste oil resulting from a nonroutine spill.

This bill replaces the general prohibition on disposing of oil absorbent materials that contain waste oil in a solid waste disposal facility with a narrower prohibition. Under this bill, a person may not dispose of oil absorbent materials that contain waste oil in a solid waste disposal facility unless oil has been drained from the materials and the materials are not hazardous waste.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB266, s. 1 Section 1. 287.07 (4m) (b) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 287.07 (4m) (b) and amended to read:

SB266,2,2 287.07 (4m) (b) Beginning on January 1, 2011, no person may do any of the following: 1. Dispose dispose of a used oil filter in a solid waste disposal facility.

SB266, s. 2 Section 2. 287.07 (4m) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

SB266, s. 3 Section 3. 287.07 (4m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB266,2,7 287.07 (4m) (bm) Beginning on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], no person may dispose of oil absorbent materials containing waste oil in a solid waste disposal facility unless all of the following apply:

SB266,2,9 1. Waste oil has been drained so that no visible signs of free-flowing oil remain in or on the oil absorbent materials.

SB266,2,11 2. The oil absorbent materials are not hazardous waste, as defined in s. 289.01 (12).

SB266, s. 4 Section 4. 287.07 (4m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

SB266,2,13 (End)