In the news: Washington state bill could strengthen regulations, increase fines for ‘troublesome’ landfills

Great story by Northwest Public Broadcasting about my legislation on landfills. Here’s a quote from the piece:

“ We have quite a few landfills that are out of compliance. There are a couple actually in Yakima that are on fire and have been for over a year. And a lot of that is because of sort of a lack of ability to follow through on pulling permits,” said bill sponsor Rep. Davina Duerr, D-Bothell, at a public hearing in January.

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