HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.08.26 - 22069MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93170 August 26, 1993
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Chairperson, we move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
BY: Sue Douglas, Commissioner District No. 8, and
Ruth Johnson, Commissioner District No. 1
RE: Solid Waste: Act 641-Change 20-Year Planning Requirement to
10-Years
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Michigan's law governing solid waste, Act 641,
requires that each county have disposal capacity for 20 years,
replenishing that capacity when it falls below certain threshold
levels, and
WHEREAS, the MDNR's 20-year administrative requirement is not
practical due to changing population trends, new technology,
changing disposal needs, shifting composition of the solid waste
stream, and a fluctuating waste stream volume, and
WHEREAS, the State's required 20 years of planned solid waste
capacity discourages waste reduction, reuse, and recycling. Also,
the 20-year requirement stifles the innovation and development of
new technologies by focusing on traditional methods of incineration
and landfilling, and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Management Planning Program Review
Work Group completed its report and made its recommendation to the
DNR on March 4, 1993. This committee, comprised of Michigan
planners, industry representatives, environmentalists, township
officials, and Michigan Municipal League representatives,
recommended that Act 641 reduce the 20-year requirement of planned
solid waste capacity to 10 years of planned capacity.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board 'of
Commissioners does hereby urge the State of Michigan to reduce the
20-year capacity requirement contained within Act 641 to a 10-year
requirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Oakland County legislative contingent in Lansing
and the Governor of the State of Michigan, and Roland Harms,
Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.