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Subd. 3. Interim goals; nonmetropolitan counties. <br />The commissioner shall establish interim recycling goals for the nonmetropolitan counties to assist <br />them in meeting the goals established in subdivision 2a. <br /> Subd. 4. Interim monitoring. <br />The commissioner shall monitor the progress of each county toward meeting the recycling goals in <br />subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall report to the senate and house of representatives committees <br />having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources as part of the report required under <br />section 115A.411. If the commissioner finds that a county is not progressing toward the goals in <br />subdivision 2a, the commissioner shall negotiate with the county to develop and implement solid waste <br />management techniques designed to assist the county in meeting the goals, such as organized collection, <br />curbside collection of source-separated materials, and volume-based pricing. <br /> Subd. 5. Failure to meet goal. <br />(a) A county failing to meet the interim goals in subdivision 3 shall, as a minimum: <br />(1) notify county residents of the failure to achieve the goal and why the goal was not achieved; and <br />(2) provide county residents with information on recycling programs offered by the county. <br />(b) If, based on the recycling monitoring described in subdivision 4, the commissioner finds that a <br />county will be unable to meet the recycling goals established in subdivision 2a, the commissioner shall, <br />after consideration of the reasons for the county's inability to meet the goals, recommend legislation for <br />consideration by the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over environment <br />and natural resources and environment and natural resources finance to establish mandatory recycling <br />standards and to authorize the commissioner to mandate appropriate solid waste management techniques <br />designed to meet the standards in those counties that are unable to meet the goals. <br /> Subd. 6. County solid waste plans. <br />Each county shall include in its solid waste management plan described in section 115A.46, or its <br />solid waste master plan described in section 473.803, a recycling implementation strategy for meeting the <br />recycling goal established in subdivision 2a along with mechanisms for providing financial incentives to <br />solid waste generators to reduce the amount of waste generated and to separate recyclable materials from <br />the waste stream. <br /> Subd. 7. Recycling implementation strategy. <br />Each county shall submit to the commissioner for approval the recycling implementation strategy <br />required in subdivision 6. The recycling implementation strategy must be submitted by October 31, 1995, <br />and must: <br />(1) be consistent with the approved county solid waste management plan; <br />(2) identify the materials that are being and will be recycled in the county to meet the goals under <br />this section and the parties responsible and methods for recycling the material; <br />(3) provide a budget to ensure adequate funding for needed county and local programs and <br />demonstrate an ongoing commitment to spending the money on recycling programs; and <br />(4) include a schedule for implementing recycling activities needed to meet the goals in subdivision <br />2a. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: BD0910DB-A076-4C71-BB36-D135BC551975