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PARTIES OR ACENCIE.5 WHO GENERATE HAZARDOUS WASTE SHOULD BE <br />INVOLVED IN ALL PHASES OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE MANAGEMENT <br />AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM. <br />N-2 ABATEMENT -REDUCTION -RESOURCE RECOVERY <br />GENERATORS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED 'r0 MODIFY THEIR PRODUCTION <br />PROCESSES TO RE: -USE, RECOVER/RECYCLE AS MUCH HAZARDOUS WASTE AS <br />POSSIBLE AND TO USE LESS HAZARDOUS RAw MATERIALS IN Tf.EIR <br />MANUF4CTURINr PROCESSES. ENCOURAGEMENT COULD BE GIVEN THRU <br />INCENTIVES/DISCINCENTIVIF.S. <br />N-3 HANDLING, STORAGE, DISPOSAL <br />ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE "HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAM" (FROM <br />GENERATION TO DISPOSAL) MUST BE REQUIRED TO HANDLE WASTE IN A <br />MANNER THAT WILL ASSURE THAT THESE WASTES ARE PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, <br />COLLECTED, TREATED, TRANSPORTED, ETC. AND ULTIMATELY DISPOSED OF <br />IN A SAFE MANNER. <br />N-4 PRIVATE OWNERSHIP <br />THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO OWN, OPERATE AND MA!'AGE <br />HAZARDOUS WASTE PROr?SSING, TREATMENT, S Oxi,GE AND DISPOSAL <br />FACILITIES UNDER STRI.GENT STATE REGULATION AND LICENSING AND <br />BACv,?' BY STATE LIABLL TY. UNDERGROUND OR IN -GROUND BURIAL OF <br />HA: r,:iDOUS WASTES SHOULD ONLY BE USED AS A '.AST RESORT ANT) IF THIS <br />BECOMES NECESSARY, THE PRIME CRITERIA FOR SITE SELE.;TION SHOULD <br />BE GEOLOGICAL ACCEPTABILITY AND SAFETY. <br />N-5 COMPENSATION -INCENTIVES FOR HOST COMMUNITIES <br />COMPENSATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED TG HOST COMMUNITIES SIMILAR <br />COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR SOLIL WASTE LA`dDFILLS. <br />N-6 EXISTING SITE CLEAN-UP AND LIABILITY <br />THE MPCA SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PROCEED POST HASTE TO CLEAN-UP <br />AND DF.CONT!"MINATE THE F.XISTItir, HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES BEFORE THERE <br />IS FURTHER DAMAGE: TO PUBLIC, .iL.A!,7H AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IF A <br />RESPONSIBLE: PARTY CAN BE IDENTIFIED, THAT PARTY SHOULD BE LIABLE <br />FOR CLF,AN-UP COSTS AND PERSONAL INJURY DAMAGES AS DEFINED IN LAW. <br />iF A RESPONSIBLE PARTY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED, THEN THE CLEAN-UP <br />SHOULD BE FINANCED BY THE. STATE SUPERFUND AND THE LEGISLAT.UhE <br />SHOULD ASSURE THAT THc RE ARE ADEQUATE FUNDS TO DO SUCH CLEAN-UP. <br />IV-0 SOLID WASTE: MANAGEMENT 'IN THF. METROPOLITAN AREA <br />The 4aste Management Act of 1980 and ar. amended by the Legislature <br />in lJ31, 1982, 193; and 1984 r.larifi- â–ºikll rederineu the roles <br />.-esponsibiJ.ities of various level:, government with re3peCt to <br />