Senate Bill 599 proposes amendments to the existing law regarding environmental repair fees collected by owners or operators of licensed solid waste disposal facilities. Currently, these facilities are required to collect environmental repair fees from waste generators and remit the collected amounts to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The bill renumbers the existing provision and introduces a new clause that allows municipal solid waste facilities to retain a portion of the environmental repair fees they collect if they have received a loan from the Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP) for wastewater treatment infrastructure.

Specifically, the bill stipulates that if a municipal solid waste facility receives a CWFP loan, it may retain an amount equal to the total principal and interest owed on that loan while it is in repayment. This change aims to provide financial relief to municipal solid waste facilities by allowing them to use the collected fees to offset their loan obligations, thereby supporting their operational and infrastructure needs.