Kentucky House Bill 108 revises permitting requirements for industrial solid waste landfills and incinerators

Original title: AN ACT relating to solid waste management.

Last action · March 9, 2026: received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)Sponsors: Rebecca Raymer and 1 other

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What This Bill Proposed

Kentucky HB 108 updates solid waste management laws by expanding the definition of municipal solid waste disposal facilities to include s or incinerators that dispose of industrial solid waste, while exempting facilities that exclusively handle waste generated by the site owner or its corporate affiliates.

Why it matters

The measure alters the regulatory and permitting oversight for industrial waste facilities across the state, affecting how regional governing bodies review and comment on local landfill and incinerator expansions.

Who It Would Have Affected

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Directly affected

Operators of industrial solid waste disposal facilities

Residual or contained landfills and incinerators disposing of industrial solid waste are newly subject to municipal solid waste disposal facility permit review procedures.

Directly affected

Municipal solid waste management area governing bodies

Governing bodies must issue consistency determinations within sixty days of receiving written requests for industrial solid waste disposal facility permit applications.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of facilities are newly included under municipal solid waste disposal permitting rules?

Any or incinerator disposing of industrial solid waste are included under the permitting requirements.

Are all industrial solid waste facilities subject to these permit rules?

No, facilities owned and operated exclusively by a solid waste generator that accept only industrial solid waste from the generator's own activities, continuous properties, or corporate affiliates are excluded.

What happens if the state cabinet approves a permit that a local governing body found inconsistent with its waste plan?

The cabinet must include in its written findings a detailed explanation of why it did not accept the local governing body's determination.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in the Senate.

Procedural history

7 actions

Mar 9, 2026SenateIntroduced
received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
Mar 6, 2026HouseFloor
3rd reading, passed 79-8
Mar 3, 2026House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 04 2026
Jan 29, 2026HouseFloor
2nd reading, to Rules
Jan 28, 2026House
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Jan 14, 2026HouseCommittee
to Local Government (H)

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Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroduced
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

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