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the disposal problem. Hazardous waste generators must be encouraged to modify production processes to reuse or recover as much waste as possible and to use less hazardous raw materials in their process· Hazardous waste generators must be re- quired to handle the wastes that are pro- duced in such a way that will allow these wastes to be identified, collected and recy- cled or to be disposed of in a techno~ogica] and environmentally sound manner. Deter- mination must be made of the types of disposal facilities needed, how many, and the general geographic locations prior to the siting process. Site selection rules and criteria must be adopted prior to the siting process and must be subject to ex- haustive public hearings and Chapter 15 Administrative Procedures Act require- ments. The state as a whole should be considered when selecting the site or sites for resource recovery and/or disposal of hazardous wastes. Incineration as a means of disposal or as a volume reduction technique should be given serious con- sideration as part of the disposal system. If landfilling of various types of hazardous waste becomes necessary, prime criteria consideration should be given to geolo- gical acceptability of various sites and technological fail/safe design of the facility. Participation in planning process. All the levels of local governments, including cities, together with private industry, must be encouraged and enabled to parti- cipate in the entire planning process and also to provide solutions to the problems where feasible. Resource recovery systems and landfilling of solid wastes are appro- priate roles for local government. Because of the complexity of dealing with hazar- dous wastes, a state agency should have · the primary responsibility for operation of hazardous wastes recycling and landfill facilities, to the extent that hazardous waste disposal solutions are not forth- coming from private industry. Incentives. Because the sites for the dis- posal of solid and hazardous waste will be located within the geographical boun- daries of political subdivisions, incentives should be provided by the state to both the host of facility, and the local governmental unit establishing and maintaining the facility. Specifically, consideration should be given to payments in lieu of taxes to the host community for the property re- moved from the tax rolls as a result of the location of a facility. The host com- munity and the community operating or maintaining the facility should be protec- ted by the state from severe liability pro- blems. Grants should be made available to communities operating innovative land- fills. A special levy must be established outside of levy limitations to pay for the costs of operating and maintaining a land- fill, in order to assure that adequate funds will be available to implement environ- mental protection measures. Transportation An efficient transportation system is a vital element in planning for physical, economic and social development at state, regional and local levels. Furthermore, environmental concerns and the need to conserve energy require that alternate modes of transportation be utilized in meeting the diverse needs which exist in various com- munities and regions of the state. In order to provide a more adequate state governmental structure and funding mechanism for transpor- tation system planning and development, the League recommends that the following changes be made. An adequate level of the Highway User Fund should be maintained so that high- way maintenance may be continued, additional highway construction may oc- cur, and adequate funds are available for the state-aid street program. o The special state bonding program should be continued to provide funds to coun- ties, towns and municipalities for the re- placement or repair of bridges. Municipalities and counties should be permitted greater flexibility in the use of state-aid street and highway funds to meet their individual transportation needs through the substitution of state general funds for dedicated funds where needed at the option of the affected unit without changing the present dedicated funds, or affecting funds available to other units. This could be accomplished by a signi- .ficant appropriation to the municipal state- aid funds from state general revenue funds. - 23 -