Agenda - Council - 01/08/1991 - Laserfiche WebLink

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The orderly transition from a system primarily dependent on land disposal to a system that emphasizes waste reduction and resource recovery requires that public and private solid waste management services continue to be provided efficiently and economically throughout the region. Waste materials, volumes and supply areas should also be coordinated to assure effective management. Council Application of Policies The Council will report to the legislature on the cumulative progress toward these goals. The Council will review and approve the plan for the regional development and operation of the solid waste management facilities. If individual county implementation elements are not completed by the dates specified in this policy plan or as agreed to in the revised county master plans, the Council will take the required steps needed to achieve the solid waste management policy plan, including requests for legislative action. The Council will coordinate solid waste planning with regional planning for airports, parks, sewers, transportation, natural resources and the Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework. Solid waste disposal sites require extensive land area that is only available in the Rural Service Area. Thc landfill siting process that primarily involves the selection of environmentally suitable site(s) ia detailed in the appendix of this Dlan;~The landfall siting l~n:w.e~ wm auempt m avom oom ex,sung or designateategq6nal parlt lands as w~ell as lands covenanted under the Agricultural Preservation Act. However, if no other land is determined by the county(s) or the Council to be developable'] environmentally,, or at an affordable., cost, neither, park lands nor a~'cultural, lands, will be a.u. tomglt~eal[¥ e.xe. lnded frnrn the .q~tmt~ oroce_~ ~n aeration, landlalls must be accessible v~a at least a 10-ton vehicle load capacity roadway. As pai-t of the site selection criteria the county(s) or the Council will consider the proximity to such highway access and/or the costs of providing access to the nearest roadway. Under the Waste Management Act of 1980 (473.803) the Council sets the time requirements for county revision and submission of the solid waste master plan. In keeping with the time requirements for other county and local government plan elements prepared for review the Council believes that nine (9) months is a reasonable period for county revision of the solid waste master plan. Each metropolitan county must prepare and submit to the Council a revised solid waste master plan nine months after the Council adopts its revised solid waste policy plan. The Council will use these policies as it reviews the county master plans to monitor progress toward solid waste system goals and the costs incurred in establishing the overall system. The Council will also apply these policies when it performs other tasks such as the review of environmental assessment worksheets (EAWs) or environmental impact statements (EISs). FINANCING OF THE SYSTEM The Council's Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework guide (the framework) contains policies and goals that provide financial direction to the solid waste management system. The framework states: "Under the Waste Management Act, the Council's solid waste program has the same status in many respects as the four metropolitan systems and will receive the same level of protection as those systems." This policy plan contains a number of policies and goals that deal with