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Article: House panel passes bill to restore some flow control powers to municipalities. (Energy and Commerce Committee; residential garbage regulation)
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- The Bond Buyer
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- August 19, 1994
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WASHINGTON -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation yesterday that would restore to municipalities the authority to control, with some restrictions, the flow of residential garbage under existing and future contracts.
But in a major concession to the private sector solid-waste industry, the bill approved on a voice vote. would' cover commercial garbage only to a limited extent. The bill would also exclude recyclable waste from flow control.
Yesterday's action came in response to a May 16 ruling by the Supreme Court, which struck down a New York town's flow control law in Carbone v. Clarkstown.
Some committee members such ...