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Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building Seventh Street and Robert Street Saint Paul, MinnesOta 55101 lelephone (612) 291-6453 Office of the Chairman November 1980 TO: METROPOLITAN AREA GoVEI~AL OFFICIALS A~D INI£P. ESTED CITIZENS The 1980 State Waste Management Act requires the HetropolItan Council to prepare and submit a solid ~ste "abatement" report to the sevem metropolitan counties by January 1981. The purpose-o~ the report iS tO provide a planning framework the co%mtfes cam use in developing altsraattves for reducing the future need for sanitar~ lamdf~lls- A first draft of the report was prepared i~ September, and m~s discussed at a series of meetings ~ld around the T~ CIt~es Area-in October. The attached doc~ent is a second draft of the report, entitled I.an~ Disposal Abatement: Final Report. The Metropolitan Council will hold a special meeting Dec. 4 %o b~ar public comments on the doc''meet- Th~public meeting w~_ll be held at 7 p.m. in the Metropolitam Councful offices, 300 Metro Square ~ldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. Paul. ~ou are cordially invited to attend and offer your c~ents. The report contains goals and recommendations to guide abatement efforts of both private industr~; and government. It describes different kinds of abatement strategies, discusses potential methods of financing abatement programs, potemtial program costs and possible economo ~ncentives that could encourage participation of private Industr~ in abatement progr~m' Another feature of the report is a reco~ended schedule for implementing waste reduction, recycling, waste processing and resource recovery programs. After the Dec. 4 public meeting, the report will undergo further revision. Adoption of the report by the Metropolitan Council is expected Dec. 18. If you would like additional copies of the attached report, please call the Council's Public Information Office at 291-6464. If you would lika to speak at the meeting, call 291-6482. Charles Weaver CW/kg E~C ·