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- 42 - Planning St__~_~ Number ~: Reduction of Metropolitan Council Estimate of Additional Landfills Needed; Allocation of Needed ~ Among Counties; and Adoption of Disposal Fa~-~lity Development Schedule Sec. 473.149, Subd. 2d. By January 1, 1983, after considering county land disposal abatement proposals submitted pursuant to Section 473.803, Subdivision lb, the Council shall amend its policy plan to include specific and quantifiable objectives for abating the land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste. The plan shall include a reduced estimate, based on the Council's abatement objectives, of the added solid waste disposal capacity needed in appropriate sectors of the Metropolitan Area, stated in annual increments through the year 1990 and thereafter in five- year increments through the year 2000. The objectives in the plan shall be based upon standards for county resource re.covery and waste reduction and separation programs and activities. The plan shall include standards and procedures to be used by the Council in determining that Metropolitan counties have not implemented the Council's land disposal abatement plan and have not met the standards for county abatement programs and activi- ties. The Council shall report to the legislative commission on its abatement plan and on legislation that may be required to implement the plan. Sec. 473.149, Subd. 2e. By January 1, 1983, after requesting and considering recommendations from the counties, cities, and towns, the Council as part of its policy plan shall determine the number of sites to be acquired within each metropolitan county for solid waste disposal facilities in accordance With Section 16. The Council shall adopt a schedule for development of disposal facili- ties by each such county through the year 2000. The schedule shall be based upon the Council's reduced estimate of the disposal capacity needed because of the Council's land disposal abatement plan. The schedule may include procedures to be use~ by counties in selecting sites for acquisition pursuant to Section 16. The schedule shall include standards and procedures for Council certification of need pursuant to Section 473.82~2 The schedule shall include a facility closure schedule and plans for post-closure management and disposition, for the use of property after acquisition-and before facility development, and for the disposition of property and development rights, as defined in Section 16, no longer needed for disposal facilities. Planning Step Number 6: Sites County/City Site Selection of Disposal Sec. 473.833, Subd. 2. Each metropolitan county shall select and acquire sites and buffer areas for solid waste disposal facili- ties in accordance with this section and the Council's policy plan and development schedule adopted pursuant to Section 473.149, Subdivision 2e.