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Docusign Envelope ID: 5D66C3E7-F3E1-44CE-81D8-6D9698D8B023 <br />but nothing in this section relieves the operator of its contractual obligations to process mixed municipal <br />solid waste. <br />Subd. 4. Pollution Control Agency report. <br />The Pollution Control Agency shall include, as part of its report to the Environment and Natural <br />Resources Committees of the senate and house of representatives, the Finance Division of the senate <br />Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, and the house of representatives Committee on <br />Environment and Natural Resources Finance required under section 473.149, an accounting of the <br />quantity of unprocessed waste transferred to disposal facilities, the reasons the waste was not processed, a <br />strategy for reducing the amount of unprocessed waste, and progress made by counties to reduce the <br />amount of unprocessed waste. The Pollution Control Agency may adopt standards for determining when <br />waste is unprocessible and procedures for expediting certification and reporting of unprocessed waste. <br />Subd. S. Definition. <br />For the purpose of this section, waste is "unprocessed" if it has not, after collection and before <br />disposal, undergone separation of materials for resource recovery through recycling, incineration for <br />energy production, production and use of refuse -derived fuel, composting, or any combination of these <br />processes so that the weight of the waste remaining that must be disposed of in a mixed municipal solid <br />waste disposal facility is not more than 35 percent of the weight before processing, on an annual average. <br />History: <br />1985 c 274 s 35; 1989 c 325 s 66; 1991 c 33 7 s 81, 82; 1993 c 249 s 43, 44; 1994 c 585 s 49, 50; 1995 <br />c 247 art 2 s 51,52; 1996 c 470 s 27; IS <br />p2005 c I art 2 s 161 <br />