Agenda - Council - 09/20/1983 - Special

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I MINNESOTA WASTE ~ANAGEP~HT BOARD Locatton GROUP QUESTIOHHAIRE..ON POLICIES AHD PROSRAHS *. GROUP B Nost people agree on the need to properly deal ~tth hazardous wastes, to prot~ct~ the enviromnt'and publtc safety. It's how ~t deal wtth the hazardous waste problem -- who should pa.v the costs, ~ho should be-~ responsibility, and what 'types of hazardous waste management p~ogrems are needed, tn gtnnesota -- that's st111 unresolved, and on whtCh people may disagree. As a group, dtscuss the followfng questions, and try to reach a consensus on each tssue. Each group wtll then report back to the other participants and share 1ts conclusions. ~ l.. NASTE REDUCTI~ -.. The #asea ganagement Board considers hazardous ~aste reduction ti be the most . preferable ~thod of waste management: tt resoIves hazardous ~aste problems by' .t!tmfnattng all or part of the waste Itself. flo~ever, the Board also recognizes that there ts a technical ltntt to how much waste reduction can be achieved, and that some'Industrial processes ~111 always tnvolve generetton of ~unts of hazardous wastes. Some ~tnnesota generators have already reduced their.hazard- ous waste generation significantly. '. 'la."Should the state place a htgher priority on hazardous waste reductlon than ~ on other methods of waste management, such as ~aste trea~ent or proper disposal, by concentrating tis activities more on encouraging hazardous. · -waste reduction than tn developing hazardous ~ste facilities? .Yes No Undecided .lb... ~hich of the following shobld the state do'to encourage ~aste reduction? (~re than one may be checked) Offer technical asststence to generators Offer postttve Incentives to generators~ such as tax credits f~r Investing 'In equlpmeqt needed to-achieve ~ste reduction.. Offer disincentives for generators, such as new taxes on,wastes;generated .Require spectftc levels of waste reduction by generators tn state regulations Rcttvely discourage tndustr~es ~tch generate hazardous wastes locattng In'#tnnesote ~ther (specify). Undecided Comments: I I I I I SHALL GENERATORS Businesses ~htch.'gen~rate seal1 volumes of hazardbus waste may face spectal problems tn managing thetr wastes that larger generators do not, These:problems tnclude greater transportation' and administrative costs and a relative'lack:of resources and personnel to devote to'waste management. Soae examples of small hazardous- Waste generators are auto .body' shops, seal1 machine shop~ and. printers. 2a. Should the~state trea~ small generators (for example, generators producSng less than 3 tons of hazbrdous waste per year) differently'than generators of larger amounts of hazardous waste? Yes No Undecided (over)