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Objectives 7a. Metropolitan counties are to be responsible for the ultimate disposal and/or use of solid waste generated, or projected to be generated, within their jurisdictions, as identified in Table 2 of this Guide chapter. 7b. Meet the Region's short-term municipal waste management needs in an environmentally and economically acceptable manner. 7c. Facilitate the orderly development of the waste management system. 7d. Encourage waste reduction, waste separation, waste processing and resource recovery. Policies 7a. Each metropolitan county shall prepare (ITS) an interim solid (AND HAZARDOUS) waste master plan according to requirements of part 6 of this Guide chapter. It shall be submitted no later than (JULY) January 31, (1980) 1981, either as the solid waste element of the county comprehensive land use plan required under the Metropolitan Land Planning Act of 1976 or as a separate document. To the extent consistent with the requirements and time period set forth..-~n the Waste Management Act, the plan shall s--~ t--~ ~ecessary sltln~ ~f~ have been c~-~leted, and (IT) shall identify the mechanisms to implement appropriate s~-~d waste management techniques, and facilities to dispose of and/or use the solid waste that is projected to be generated within the county, as shown in Table 2. 7b. Each county shall prepare a final solid (AND HAZARDOUS) waste master plan (SHA~L) for submittal to the Council by June 1, 1983, identif(Y) in~ s-~i~ ~a~-~g~-~-~n~-~i~-~e~-~t~ ~-~gn capabilities sufficient to (ACCOMMODATE THE SOLID WASTE GENERATED WITHIN THE COUNTY, AS SHOWN IN TABLE 2) implement the Council's landfill development schedule and abatement plan adopted 6y January 1983. If resource recovery is chosen, land disposal areas sufficient to accommodate residuals from the facility must be identified. 7c. The metropolitan counties shall coordinate their solid waste planging effort~ to ensure that they are mutually supportive in meeting the regional waste disposal needs identified in Table 2. The Council will monitor county planning efforts and provide planning assistance to ensure that both regional and county waste disposal needs are met. 7d. As the designated regional planning agency under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), the Council will seek federal and state grants for the metropolitan counties to use in developing their solid (AND HAZARDOUS) waste master plans, and to fund other solid (AND HAZARDOUS) waste planning activities at the county and regional level.