Minnesota Administrative Rules

9215.0577 PROPOSED INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Subpart 1.

Content.

The plan or plan amendment must include information described in this part on the proposed integrated solid waste management system that will be developed and implemented in the county, district, or multicounty area. Each system shall be designed to achieve the most feasible and prudent reduction in the need for and practice of land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste.

Subp. 2.

Goals.

The county, district, or multicounty area shall develop and describe the goals of its proposed integrated solid waste management system over the ten-year planning period. The goals shall be consistent with the policy contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.02, paragraph (a).

Subp. 3.

Objectives.

The county, district, or multicounty area shall describe the specific and quantifiable means, including policies and programs, that will be implemented to achieve the goals developed and described under subpart 2. Means or methods to be used are described in parts 9215.0580 to 9215.0700.

Subp. 4.

Landfill disposal system.

Systems, plans, or plan amendments proposing land disposal as the primary management method must include a description of the technical, financial, demographic, geographic, regional, and solid waste system constraints or barriers that limit the county's district's, or multicounty area's ability to achieve greater independence from land disposal. The information must demonstrate that there are no solid waste system alternatives that are more feasible and prudent than the proposed land disposal system.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115A.06; 115A.42; 115A.45; 115A.46; 116.07

History:

33 SR 1141

Published Electronically:

January 16, 2009