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I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />'1 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The 1980 Legislature authorized the Metropolitan Council <br />to give operators of resource recovery facilities monopoly <br />control over the supply of waste within a designated <br />geographic area, and thereby reduce for investors the risks <br />that fac/lities will not receive enough waste to operate <br />economically. <br /> <br />The Citizens League Board of Directors concluded that <br />the potentially negative consequences in establishing <br />such monopoly arrangements, warranted an attempt to find <br />an alternative way to make resource recovery possible. <br /> <br />The Board's concern was based primarily upon work done <br />by the Citizens League on solid waste management in 1975. <br />A committee working at that time found significant argu- <br />ments against 'flow control', as the monopoly arrangement <br />is called. The Board also felt that, on principle, it is wise to <br />avoid, wherever possible, reliance upon one supplier of <br />service. <br /> <br />-I- <br /> <br /> <br />