Dive summary:

• The House Minerals Committee has approved two bills this week effecting landfills that contaminate groundwater in Wyoming, both of the bills will now be introduced to the House for debate.
• The first, House Bill 55, would provide $40 million to 11 high-priority landfills that are a source of groundwater leakage.
• The second, House Bill 66, would provide $5 million to help communities shut down leaky landfills and transfer waste to regional sites.

From the article:

Landfill remediation is a quiet issue that hasn’t caused much controversy because it’s long been a priority for both the legislature and the executive branch. Political support behind landfill remediation has translated into sizable appropriations from the state coffers in the past.

In 2006 the legislature started providing funds to reimburse communities for groundwater monitoring around landfills.

Then in 2011 the state set aside $15 million to clean up landfills, followed by an equal amount in 2012 for the 2013-2014 biennium. ...