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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I -4- the governing unit, (c) specification of the type of processing facility for an area, (d) other alternatives. The WMB is a statutory agency of the State of Minnesota with responsibility, for identifying areas which may be used for the establishment of commercial hazardous waste processing facilities. The-.nine .member board includes eight citizen members, one from each of the state's Congressional districts, and a full-time' chairman who' is a state employee. The board is the final decision making ahthority of the a~ency. The chairman, in addition to being a member of the board, is also the executive and operating officer of the board and as such is authorized by statute to carry out the executive and administrative functions of the board. The WMB staff is supervised by the chairman. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 115A.09 (1982), the WMB is required to prepare an inventory of areas of up to ten square miles in size for commercial hazardous waste processing facilities. The inventory must include at least three areas for each of the following categories of processing facilities: (a) a commercial chemical processing facility for hazardous waste, (b) a commercial incineration facility for hazardous waste, and (c) a commercial transfer and storage facility for' hazardous waste. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is required to prepare a report on the suitability of each proposed area for the use intended. Sites within areas that are on the WMB processing facility inventory may qualify for supplementary review by the WMB. If .a facility 'developer obtains a Pollution Control Agency permit for a facility within an inventoried area but a political subdivision refuses to approve the establishment or operation of the facility, a petition may be filed with the WMB requesting review of the decision of the political subdivision. If~ on the-basis of review criteria adopted by the ?~B the WMB approves the facility,, the WMB approval supersedes the decision of the political subdivison. Minn. Stat. §§ 115A.32-.39 (1982). On April 22, 1982, eight (8) outstate (outside the seven county Twin Cities metropolitan area) areas were placed on the %~MB inventory of preferred areas for hazardous waste processing facilities. A reexamination of the Twin Cities metropolitan area for possible Preferred areas will be accomplished before the ?~B inventory is completed. The procedure for selecting areas to complete the final inventory is as follows: 1. The Waste Management Board develops criteria for selecting' preliminary areas in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including' those criteria required to be considered by Minn. Stat. § 115A.09, subd. 2 and applies that criteria to identify preliminary areas;