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Agenda Item: Reports-3f �o�ita� O Status: Informational � �O� Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building December 14, 1984 �II ry Seventh and Robert Streets • ��, ; St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 TO: Metropolitan Area Citizens Telephone (612) 291-6359 '. iwlN f:ll t� SUBJECT: Public Hearing on New Regional Solid Waste Management Development Guide/Policy Plan On Monday, Jan. 28, 1985 the Metropolitan Council will hold a public hearing with the first session to begin at 1:30 p.m. and the second session to begin at 7 p.m. to-receive public comment on a proposed new regional Solid Waste Management Development Guide/Policy Plan. The hearing will be held in the Metropolitan. Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of the Metro Square Building in St. Paul . A copy of the proposed plan is enclosed. The Plan_ is required by the state Waste Management Act and culminates four years of landfill siting and abatement planning that generated extensive public testimony and debate about managing the region's solid waste. The document is a plan for managing solid waste well past the year 2000. It is a significant ! policy document and will be used to guide regional solid waste decisions. The plan assigns major responsibilities to counties, cities and townships. The policy plan calls fora dramatic reduction in the use of landfills and the development of alternative techniques including recycling, composting and I waste combustion. Important new policies would: • o Ban the landfilling of compostable yard waste (leaves and grass clippings) , rec clables (such y ( c as newspapers, cans and glass) and combustible solid 'I waste after 1990; o Require Metropolitan Area generators of solid waste to separate identified recyclab.les and compostable yard-waste materials after 1987; o Require the public sector to develop a regional system of .waste processing and recycling services; o Establish region-wide programs for public education and participation and j for developing markets for recovered materials and energy; and o Require the opening of up to three new landfills that would accept only processed residuals. We encourage you to review the document and to attend the hearing to offer your comments and reactions. The Metro Square Building is located at 7th and Robert Streets in St. Paul . Parking is adjacent to the building. If you wish to speak at either the afternoon or evening sessions of the hearing, please con- tact Lucy Thompson at 291-6521 by Friday, January 25. Written comments may be sent to the Metropolitan Council , 300 Metro Square Building, St. Paul , Minnes- ota -55101, Attention: Paul Smith. If you have questions about the plan or would like more information about it,- please call Paul Smith at 291-6408. • Sincerely i Sandra S. arde r ng Chair An Equal Opportunity Employer