Georgia Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-8-25.4. Limits on the Number of Solid Waste Facilities Within Given Area

but for purposes of subsection (b) of this Code section the count of landfills shall not include any permit by rule inert waste landfill or any private industry solid waste disposal facility; and in counting landfills each existing landfill site shall be counted only once even if such landfill site has previously been expanded under a new or existing permit, provided the facilities under each new or existing permit are the same type landfill, are owned by the same person, and are contiguous or if not contiguous are separated only by the width of a public road.
History. Code 1981, § 12-8-25.4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1025, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 12.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, “postclosure” was substituted for “post-closure” in two places in paragraph (c)(2) and “permit-by-rule” was substituted for “permit-by-Rule” in the undesignated language at the end of subsection (c).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, “permit by rule” was substituted for “permit-by-rule” in the undesignated language at the end of subsection (c).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 1025, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section is not applicable to a site for which the Environmental Protection Division has issued a letter of site suitability prior to April 20, 1995.
Law reviews.
For article, “Conservation and Natural Resources: Waste Management,” see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 165 (2011).

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