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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> Date <br />Locatton <br /> <br /> HINHE$OTA <br /> HASTE HAHAG£~NT BOA~ <br /> 6ROUP QU£STZONNA]RE ON POC]CI£~ AND PROGRAMS <br /> GROU'P C " <br />Host people agree on the need to properly deal wlth haz'&rdnus wastes, to protect the <br />environment and publlc safety, it's how ~e deal wtth the hazardous waste problem <br />-- who should pay the costs) who shou~d-bea~ responsfbtltty, and what types of hazardous <br />waste management programs are needed tn Htnnesota -- that's sit11 unresolve~,.and <br />on which people may disagree. <br /> <br />-As a group, discuss the following questions, and try to reach a consensus on each <br /> tssue. Each group wtll then report back to the other participants and share 1ts conclusions. <br /> <br /> ]'e LZAB/LITY FOR HAZARDOUS HASTES <br /> Under current law, generators of hazardous wastes are primrtly 1table for any <br /> · damages or injury caused by the accidental release of their wastes. Zf they send <br /> their wastes to commrctal waste management facilities, the operators of l~osa <br /> facilities also share tn that liability. <br /> <br /> la. ~f a waste generator sends Its waste to a hazardous waste ~ngament factlttY <br /> sited, pemltted and monitored by the state, should the generator be relteved <br /> of liability for that waste? (This ~ould requtre a change tn current law.) <br /> <br /> Yes No . Undecided <br /> <br /> '. Ih. For a dtsposal factltty sited by the state, the law should be changed so <br /> that (check one ormere) .' <br /> <br /> The state assumes some of the liability for payment for Injury or damages <br /> '. ~ whfch might be caused by any release of waste fro~ that factllty <br /> <br /> The state assumes all the 11ability for that factllty .: <br /> The state should not assmm any 11ability for such a facility. <br /> <br />Other (specify) <br /> <br /> Undecided <br />~ommnt~: <br /> <br />HITIGATION AND COKPENSATION "* <br /> <br />.The Board ts required to report to the Legislature on methods of mitigating (l~ssentng <br />or preventing) and co~pensatSng for the local tmp~ts of hazardous waste management <br />facilities. This responsibility ts based tn the ~ellef that no one area or communfty <br />should bear too much of a burden for the stttng of facilities needed by the state, <br />and that measures to cc~pensate comuntttes, or reduce or prevent string Impacts,. <br />are appropriate. <br /> <br />~a. For which of the'following should the state have a m$ttgat$onand compensation <br /> program? <br /> <br />-Hazardous waste ~reatment facilities <br />Hazardous waste Incinerators <br />Hazardous waste disposal facilities -' <br /> <br />'Hazardous waste transfer/storage facilities <br />Ha~or hazardous waste transportation routes <br /> <br /> Hazardous.waste generating manufacturing plants <br /> <br /> ~one of the above <br /> Undecided <br /> <br /> <br />