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RESOLUTION NO. 4119 <br /> PAGE TWO OF TWO <br /> WHEREAS, the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery <br /> Act and its amendments, along with EPA's regulations thereunder, <br /> treat household hazardous wastes according to non-hazardous solid <br /> waste standards . <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of <br /> the City of Mounds View, Minnesota, urge its congressional <br /> representatives to support: <br /> 1. Amending the Superfund statute to clearly provide <br /> that municipal solid waste is not a hazardous <br /> substance in the same fashion as provided under <br /> the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. <br /> 2 . Empowering only the Federal Government to sue <br /> local governments for cost-sharing under the <br /> Superfund statute if local governments may <br /> have handled any truly hazardous waste. <br /> 3 . Clearly defining that the degree of toxicity, not <br /> the volume of waste, should be the prime factor <br /> in assessing any liabilities under the Superfund <br /> statute. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Administrator be <br /> authorized to vigorously pursue relief from the attempts to <br /> transfer the costs of toxic waste cleanup from polluters to <br /> household taxpayers . <br /> Adopted this 9th day of September, 1991. <br /> (SEAL) <br /> Mayor <br /> ATTEST: <br /> Clerk-Administrator <br />