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<br />(1) the resolution of conflicting, duplicative, or overlapping local management efforts;
<br />(2) the establishment of joint powers management programs or waste management districts where
<br />appropriate; and
<br />(3) other matters as the rules of the agency may require consistent with the purposes of
<br />sections 115A.42 to 115A.46.
<br />(d) Political subdivisions preparing plans under sections I I5A.42 to I I5A.46 shall consult with
<br />persons presently providing solid waste collection, processing, and disposal services.
<br />(e) Plans must be submitted to the commissioner for approval. When a county board is ready to have
<br />a final plan approved, the county board shall submit a resolution requesting review and approval by the
<br />commissioner. After receiving the resolution, the commissioner shall notify the county within 45 days
<br />whether the plan as submitted is complete and, if not complete, the specific items that need to be
<br />submitted to make the plan complete. Within 90 days after a complete plan has been submitted, the
<br />commissioner shall approve or disapprove the plan. If the plan is disapproved, reasons for the disapproval
<br />must be provided.
<br />(f) After initial approval, each plan must be updated and submitted for approval at least every ten
<br />years. The plan must be revised as necessary so that it is not inconsistent with state law.
<br />(g) Rules that regulate plan content under subdivision 2 must reflect demographic, geographic,
<br />regional, and solid waste system differences that exist among the counties.
<br />Subd. 2.Contents.
<br />(a) The plans shall describe existing collection, processing, and disposal systems, including
<br />schedules of rates and charges, financing methods, environmental acceptability, and opportunities for
<br />improvements in the systems.
<br />(b) The plans shall include an estimate of the land disposal capacity in acre-feet which will be
<br />needed through the year 2000, on the basis of current and projected waste generation practices. In
<br />assessing the need for additional capacity for resource recovery or land disposal, the plans shall take into
<br />account the characteristics of waste stream components and shall give priority to waste reduction,
<br />separation, and recycling.
<br />(c) The plans shall require the most feasible and prudent reduction of the need for and practice of
<br />land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste.
<br />(d) The plans shall address at least waste reduction, separation, recycling, and other resource
<br />recovery options, and shall include specific and quantifiable objectives, immediately and over specified
<br />time periods, for reducing the land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste and for the implementation of
<br />feasible and prudent reduction, separation, recycling, and other resource recovery options. These
<br />objectives shall be consistent with statewide objectives as identified in statute. The plans shall describe
<br />methods for identifying the portions of the waste stream such as leaves, grass, clippings, tree and plant
<br />residue, and paper for application and mixing into the soil and use in agricultural practices. The plans
<br />shall describe specific functions to be performed and activities to be undertaken to achieve the abatement,
<br />reduction, separation, recycling, and other resource recovery objectives and shall describe the estimated
<br />cost, proposed manner of financing, and timing of the functions and activities. The plans shall describe
<br />proposed mechanisms for complying with the recycling requirements of section 115A.551, and the
<br />household hazardous waste management requirements of section 115A.96, subdivision 6.
<br />(e) The plans shall include a comparison of the costs of the activities to be undertaken, including
<br />capital and operating costs, and the effects of the activities on the cost to generators and on persons
<br />currently providing solid waste collection, processing, and disposal services. The plans shall include
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