Members of the Michigan Senate are once again weighing efforts to deter out-of-state companies from dumping hazardous waste in the state while updating standards for managing landfills and potentially harmful materials. Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) on Thursday laid out a renewed proposal for revamping the state鈥檚 approach to hazardous waste management before his colleagues on the Senate Energy and Environment Committee.
During his testimony, Camilleri noted the bills are a response to recent attempts to ship hazardous waste from the East Palestine train derailment, as well as radioactive material from the Manhattan Project, into disposal sites within his district.
鈥淚鈥檝e had countless conversations with residents and local municipal leaders who are horrified about that potentially harmful material being transported to their communities on their roads and disposed of in their backyard,鈥� Camilleri said. 鈥淔rankly, it is ridiculous that these facilities are located in these dense population centers in the first place.鈥�