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Organized collection (i.e. only one hauler serving i specific residential area) is strongly recommenied in the metropolitan area. For more detail on city responsibilities see Appendix A. page 4. 1985 Amendments to Minnesota waste Management Act The Minnesota Legislature has established d state-wide policy of reducing landfill use. The newest amendments reinforce this policy. Some of the changes that effect lots: units of government are: 1. The county solid waste master plan must include measurabis performance standards for cities of the 1, 2, and 3rd class for landfill abatement activities such as public education, composting and recycling. The county annual report to the Metropolitan Councii must list cities that have not satistrea the county performance standards for local abatement. 2. The county solid waste master plan requirements have been changed so that specific and quantifiable county objectives for abating landfills are included, These objectives must be based on the Metropolitan Council's policy plan objectives for landfill abatement which have been established for each metro county. rTui aieDdaeDta ylv cwwit lei Lhi autUur ity tr id'pL �wuslatuiy source separation (recycling) ordinances. It does not require a county to do so. However, the law does not state that if the county had adopted a separation ordinance, the ordinance applies in all local units within the County that have failed to meet local abatement performance standards. 4. Only processed wastes (i.e. shredded, compacted or burned) are eligible for landfilling after 1998 in :he Metro Area. 5. Increased costs to cities due to implementing waste reduction land sourcr separation programs are exempt from levy limit. 6. The Metropolitan Council is authorized to pay cities up to .59 per household per year for lanrfill abatement ,&xpapses. ;his includes both recycling and composting expenses. 7. The Metropolitan Council is also authorized to dist,Llbutp $4 per ton of recyclable material collected and recycled from residential sources within a city. The state law is being interpreted in such a way that a city is eligible for this money even though city funds weren't spent on tree recycling program. 8. Fir several years now counties have been given the authority to direct all waste generated in the county to a designated resource recovery facility, (Recycling materials are exempt from this designation). The 1985 amendments change slightly the designation in that the state law now establishes a procedure for persons proposing to operate a resource recovery facility to petition exclasl^r nf the materials from the designation ordinance. (Ramsey and Washington Counties have passed waste designation ordinances.)