{"id":33895,"date":"2023-03-17T09:58:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=33895"},"modified":"2023-03-17T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:58:34","slug":"imagine-act-expansion-for-waste-disposal-project-considered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=33895","title":{"rendered":"ImagiNE Act expansion for waste disposal project considered"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Revenue Committee heard testimony March 16 on a bill that would allow certain waste treatment and disposal businesses to qualify for tax incentives under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Steve Erdman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bayard Sen. Steve Erdman, sponsor of LB100, said the change would allow Clean Harbors, a national hazardous waste disposal and environmental services company with a facility south of Kimball, to qualify for benefits under the act.<\/p>\n

Paul Whiting, senior vice president of facilities engineering for Clean Harbors, testified in support of the bill. He said a $180 million incinerator project will create approximately 200 new jobs at the Kimball location, nearly doubling its workforce there.<\/p>\n

With a shortage of affordable housing in the Panhandle, Whiting said, Clean Harbors would use benefits it receives under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act to build housing for those employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that Clean Harbors has never done before,\u201d Whiting said. \u201cBut we realize that if we don\u2019t do something, we\u2019re not going to get the employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christy Warner, a Kimball City Council member, also testified in support, saying LB100 would ensure that Clean Harbors can move forward with its housing plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a perfect example of what Nebraska hopes to get from the [ImagiNE Nebraska Act]: stable economic growth for responsible, reliable businesses who stay in Nebraska for decades, providing careers for the next generation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The state Department of Revenue estimates that the bill would reduce state general fund revenue by a total of $2.5 million from fiscal year 2025-26 to FY2031-32.<\/p>\n

No one testified in opposition to LB100 and the committee took no immediate action on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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