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CONTINUED. AS OTHER MAJOR F :D WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES GO ON <br />LINE (S11CH AS INCINERATION , c FACILITIES THE IMPACT OF THESE <br />FACILITIES ON THE HOST COMMUNITIES SHOULD CAREFULLY MONITORED <br />TO DETERMINE IF THEY ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT UNDESIREABLE IMPACT AS <br />OPPOSED TO BENEFITS. IF SO, SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION MAY ALSO BE <br />NECESSARY FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES. <br />0-3 FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, PERSONAL AN' DAMAGES <br />Studies conducted by the Minnesota Pollution Cow ,1 Agency (MPCA) <br />and the Minnesota Health Department have indicated that most, :f <br />not all, landfills in the metropolitan area are causing ground <br />wattr contamination problems. How significant these problems are <br />or what the impacts will be is largely undetermined at this point <br />in time. Effective January 1, 1985 some proceeds from a surtax on <br />solid waste going into landfills will go into a fund dedicated to <br />help solve pollution type problems. <br />THE AMM SUPPORTS THIS SURTAX ':D BELIEVES IT SHOULD BE CONTINUED. <br />THE PROCEEDS F30F THIS TAX SHOULD PROVIDE HELP TO PERSONS OR <br />COMMUNITIES IvO.19ED OR DAMAGED BY ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS <br />CAUSED BY :.ANDFILL CONTAMINATION. (I.E. REA OR PERSONAL PROPERTY <br />DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURIES, :'LEAN -UP ACTIVI'; IES, ALTF - gA.TIVE WATER <br />SUPPLIES, ETC.). COUNT_GS MUST EXERCISE THt.n STATUTORY <br />RESPONSIBILITIES TO ASS RE THAT LANDFILLS APE INFILECTED AND <br />OPE7, ED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND COUNTY REQUIREMENTS. <br />0-4 COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES <br />Counties nave the ma„or responsibilities for mar- -inf: and <br />implementing the solid waste disposal syst.:' . There <br />feel that the counties have not been as ai�bress ve as they shoa.Ld <br />have been in decreasing +•his area's reliance on landfills as the <br />only viable disposal method. has beer some discussion, of <br />establishing a new metro type organization Lo take over the county <br />responsibilities. The _unties feel that a lacK of f, f -.: •Ic; is to <br />blame and effective January 1, 1985 are autt,,)-ized to :t.arge a <br />surtax of 25 cents per yard of solid waste to help pay for <br />a1'prnatives to land dizpos,;I. <br />,'HE AMM SUPPORTS THIS COUNTY SURTAX AUTHORIZATION AND DOES NOT <br />SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A NEW AGENCY TO ASSUME THE COUNTY SOLID <br />WASTE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. ' tE AMM URr-ES THE COUNTIES TO <br />RAPIDLY DEVELOP PREFERSED DISPOSAL TECH:IQUEs WHICH ARE <br />ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND COST EFFICIENT. CITIES ShG1JLD t, _`?ERATE <br />Wlri THE COUNTIES TN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING NREFERR£P <br />DISPOSAL TECHNIQUES AND PROGRAMS (I.E. ABASEMENT, RECYCLING, <br />INCINERATION FOR ENERGY, COMPOSTING, ETC.). <br />0-5 TRANSFER STATION AND REGULATIONS <br />