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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Saunders) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(866008):

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 1967 and 1968,

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insert:

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     Section 30. Recycling.--

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     (1) The Legislature finds that the failure or inability to

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economically recover material and energy resources from solid

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waste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of natural

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resources. Therefore, the maximum recycling and reuse of such

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resources must be considered high-priority goals of this state.

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     (2) The long-term goal for the reduction of solid waste by

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recycling efforts undertaken by state government entities shall

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be a reduction by 2020 of 75 percent of the amount of solid

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waste that was disposed of by state government in 2007, not

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including any recycling efforts undertaken during that year. The

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Department of Environmental Protection shall, by 2010, develop a

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recycling program, in conjunction with the state judicial and

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legislative branches of government, which is designed to meet

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that goal.

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     (3) The-long term goal for the reduction of solid waste by

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recycling efforts undertaken by municipal and county governments

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shall be a reduction by 2020 of 75 percent the amount of solid

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waste that was disposed of in 2007, not including any recycling

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efforts undertaken during that year. Each county shall provide

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to the department by 2010 a recycling program for that county,

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including any municipalities, which is designed to meet that

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goal.

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     (4) A recycling grant program is established to aid local

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communities in establishing, operating, or providing public

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awareness for recycling efforts. The following factors shall be

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considered, among others, when selecting recipients for the

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recycling program grants:

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     (a) The benefits to energy conservation and the

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environment;

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     (b) The availability of capacity at exiting solid waste

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facilities; and

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     (c) The level of commitment of local officials and the

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level of volunteer and private-sector interest in the program.

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To be eligible to receive a grant, a local community must commit

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to a 50-percent local match to the amount awarded by the state.

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The local recycling project must also be planned or underway,

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and any education project must directly promote the use of that

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project. Counties and municipalities are encouraged to form

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interlocal agreements to pursue such recycling programs when

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applying for grants.

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(5) The implementation of the grant program is contingent

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on the availability of appropriated funds.

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(Renumber subsequent sections.)

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 2123, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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providing goals and guidelines for the reduction of solid

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waste by state and local governments through recycling

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efforts; providing legislative findings; establishing a

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recycling grant program; providing purposes for the

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program; requiring that certain factors be considered when

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selecting recipients of grants; providing requirements for

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eligibility for grants; providing that implementation of

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the program is contingent on the availability of

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appropriated funds;

3/12/2008  3:12:00 PM     592-04865-08