2007 Minnesota Statutes

115A.36 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF REVIEW.
In its review and final decision on the proposed facility, the board shall consider at least
the following matters:
(a) the risk and effect of the proposed facility on local residents, units of government, and the
local public health, safety, and welfare, including such dangers as an accidental release of wastes
during transportation to the facility, water, air, and land pollution, and fire or explosion where
appropriate, and the degree to which the risk or effect may be alleviated;
(b) the consistency of the proposed facility with, and its effect on, existing and planned
local land use and development; local laws, ordinances, and permits; and local public facilities
and services;
(c) the adverse effects of the facility on agriculture and natural resources and opportunities to
mitigate or eliminate the adverse effects by additional stipulations, conditions, and requirements
respecting the proposed facility at the proposed site;
(d) the need for the proposed facility, especially its contribution to abating solid and
hazardous waste disposal, the availability of alternative sites, and opportunities to mitigate
or eliminate need by additional and alternative waste management strategies or actions of a
significantly different nature;
(e) whether, in the case of solid waste resource recovery facilities, the applicant has
considered the feasible and prudent waste processing alternatives for accomplishing the purposes
of the proposed project and has compared and evaluated the costs of the alternatives, including
capital and operating costs, and the effects of the alternatives on the cost to generators.
History: 1980 c 564 art 4 s 5; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 54