Agenda - Council - 01/25/1983 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Janaury 11, 1983 Carl Michaud, Environmental Planner Pa ge 2 2. Liability Fund: Whether privately or publicly owned, a fund needs to be established to protect the local unit from all costs that maN result because of a "failure or pollution problem" during the lifetime of the facility and for a number of years after closure. (I think the Committee is on the right tract on this issue and therefore I have no additional recommendations at this point in time). 3. Direct Costs: 4o We recommend that ~1~1 direct costs such as fire protection, buffer zone amenities, water'and sewer ~e~vi~e, and street repair be paid by the facility in addition-to tax payments or Pilot. The facility owner-operator should be required to negotiate a contract with' the local unit to cover these items. Indirect Costs: Experience with existing solid waste disposal facilities also shows that there are other less direct costs to the "host community" such as street maintenance, trash control, monitoring andinspection costs, etc. which should be reimbursed. These costs and problems will vary from facility to facility and should be subject to negotiations between the facility owner-operator and the "host community" irrespective of private or public ownership. Agreements resulting from such negotiation could be made subject to approval by a neutral outside agency such as the Waste Management Board, MPCA, Metropolitan Council, etc. Such agency could also be granted the authority to impose an agreement if a voluntary agreement or contract can not be achieved. 5. Existing Facilities - Compensation: A. The liability fund to be established as in paragraph'2, should cover all existing facilities as well as the new facilities to be established per the 1980 Solid and Hazardous Waste Act. · B. The 1980 Solid and Hazardous Waste Act should be amended, if necessary, so that existing solid waste landfill facilities which continue to operate and "host communities" would be treated the same as new facilities established in communities Under this act. (This could be optional as determined by the host community). There should be no disposal charge (tipping fee) for the residents of the local unit itself, which contains or will contain an operating solid waste landfill facility. -