115A.10 DUTIES OF THE POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; HAZARDOUS WASTE
FACILITIES; ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
The agency and the commissioner on behalf of the agency shall encourage the development
and operation of hazardous waste facilities by private enterprise to the extent practicable and
consistent with the purposes of sections
115A.01 to
115A.72 and the agency's hazardous waste
management plan adopted pursuant to section
115A.11. In adopting the management plan, and
in its actions and decisions under sections
115A.18 to
115A.30 and
115A.32 to
115A.39, the
agency and the commissioner on behalf of the agency shall solicit the active participation of
private waste management firms and shall so conduct its activities as to encourage private permit
applications for facilities needed in the state.
History: 1980 c 564 art 2 s 7; 1983 c 373 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1997 c 7
art 1 s 27; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161