Tennessee waste task force eyes changes to law allowing local rejection of landfills

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 1,537

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Tennessee lawmakers and other members of the state’s Solid Waste Task Force hinted Tuesday that they are considering changing a law that has allowed local governing bodies to approve or deny landfill proposals for nearly 40 years.

The idea of slimming down local control over the landfill permitting process has support from business interest groups who describe the state’s layers of local approval as a “bottleneck” preventing new landfill sites from getting the green light …

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