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Metropolitan Counties are given the power to acquire by purchase, lease, gift or condemnation solid waste facilities or properties which includes transfer stations. Acquisition is permitted without compliance with local land use ordinances. Metropolitan cities have no protection, except through a review process, from improvident designation of transfer station sites. THE AMM RECOMMENDS THAT THE LEGISLATURE PLACE A MORATORIUM ON TRANSFER SITE SELECTION UNTIL ADEQUATE AND REASONABLE RF.GULATIuN_ OR RULES HAVE BEEN PROMULGATED BY THE MPCA AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES WHICH WILL CONSIDER THE SITE WITH RESPECT TO LOCAL_ LAND USE CONTROLS AND THE PROTECTION OF THE: HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AFFECTED CITIES. THE RULES OR REGULATIONS SHOULD NDT BECOME: EFFECTIVE UNTIL ALL AFFECTED CITIES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW SUCH RULES AND TO COMMENT ON THEIR ADEQUACY. 0-6 REGULATION OF DISPO-')A:, RATES 7nrough a variety of conditions and reasons s;;ch as solid waste districting, government control, regulated collections, and centralized private ownership of disposal facilities; solid waste disposal choices might become more non-competitive and r:cr;opolistic in nature. .HE AMP, BELIEVES THAT SHOULD SUCH A CONDITION OCCUR, A RATE REGULATION MECHANISM FOR TIPPING (DROP) CHARGES AND COLLECTION CHARGES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED BY THE LEGISLA"URE. 0-7 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEF,S y.nnesota Stat+:es, 1'44, Chapter 644 authorized and/or mandated a tree tiered system of fees or, solid waste to be disposed of in landfills. The theory behind the authorization of those fees was that those who produce solid waste should pay the true costs of d:sFosal. Mary of the costs of solid waste disposals are hidden, ..nknown or paid for by persons and units of government not responsible for the production of such waste. ':HE AMM SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT THAT THE PRODUCERS OF SOLID WASTE SHOULD PAY THE TRUE AND FULL COSTS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND COMMENDS THE LEGISLATURE: FOR ITS FORWARD LOOKING INITIATIVES LURING THE 1984 SESSION. THE; AMM WOULD SUPPvRT MODIFICATIONTO THE SURTAX OR D/SPOSAL FEE SYSTEM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE: MORE INCENTIVE TO REDUCE: THE VOI.UME OF UNPROCESSED SOLID WASTE TO BE L:SPOSED OF IN LANDFILL'S.