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LUEET-2. GROUND AND SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT (A) (cont'd) Local units of goverment should retain the basic responsibility for surface water management as they are the level of government closest to the problem. 1982 legislation required local governments in the metropolitan area to adopt surface water run-off controls and regulations. Cities have taken the lead in complying with this law, and similar steps need to be taken in the non -metropolitan area of the state. Non metropolitan counties should be required to adopt comprehensive water quality and land use plans identifying water problems based upon the sound hydrologic management of water, effective environmental protection, and efficient management. The legislation should require the county to seek input from affected cities and to allow counties to contract with cities for planning services. State funds should be made available to titles that are required to make substantial amendments to local plans and controls, or that are employed to assist the county in preparation of the comprehensive water -Ian. Special levies should be available to fund water management projects. The League supports the concept of jurisdictional reassignment of roads based on functional classification provided gnat a corresponding source or mechanism of funding made a silable for these roads. LUEET-3. SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (8) The League supports state programs, designed to minimize or eliminate the need to landfill solid and hazardous waste. The problem of regulating, controlling, and disposing of solid and hazardous waste will be one of the major environmental issues of the next decade, both nationally and locally. Major state legislation addressing this issue has been enacted annually since 1980. These acts responded to the concerns and Segues raised by the League and local government and ve commend the legislature for its actions. The existing waste management and control system for the handling and disposal of hazardous materials centralizes responsibility at the y. etu level but requires the cooperation and support of all levels of governme.a . The system established for solid waste is more .iffuse, relying on cities to control and regulate collection, counties to regulate or operate existing landfills, and the state to coordinate responsibilities and plan for future disposal needs. Both systems have been d-signed to foster and encourage abatement. recycling and resource recovery for as, much of the waste stream as possible and than to assure environmentally sound disposal for the remaining waste. The system has not been entirely implemented as yet. The League does not perceive a n,ed for major changes to existing legislation at the present time, but any future legislation that may be considered should enhance and not diminish the emphasis on these concerns: 25-