HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.09.04 - 27348REPORT (misc. #03191) September 4, 2003
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #03191 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT OF FEDERAL
LEGISLATION LIMITING THE IMPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#03191 on August 25, 2003, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote.
Miscellaneous Resolution #03191
BY: Commissioner Charles E. Palmer, District #19
RE: Board of Commissioners - Support of Federal Legislation Limiting the
Importation of Solid Waste
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, over the past two years, imports from Canada have risen 152 percent
and now constitute about half of the imported waste received in Michigan landfills; and
WHEREAS, currently, approximately 110-130 truckloads of waste come in to
Michigan each day from Canada; and
WHEREAS, these shipments of waste are expected to increase as Toronto and
other locations in Ontario phase out their local disposal sites; and
WHEREAS, based on current usage statistics from the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality, Michigan has landfill disposal capacity for an estimated 15 to 17
years. However, with the proposed increases in the importation of waste, this capacity is
now projected to be less than ten years; and
WHEREAS, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality estimates that, for
every five years of disposal of Canadian waste at the current usage volume, Michigan is
losing a full year of landfill capacity; and
WHEREAS, the federal legislature is considering H.R. 1730 and other legislation
that amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide state and local governments with the
tools needed to reasonably limit the amount of out-of-sate and international waste that
crosses their borders, ensuring disposal capacity for their own state's solid waste and
protecting their communities natural resources; and
WHEREAS, proposed federal legislation would authorize States to establish limits
on the amount of out-of-state municipal solid waste that is received annually at each
facility to the amount received during 1995, if the State has enacted a comprehensive,
statewide recycling program; and
WHEREAS, S.199, proposes to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit any
person from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste (MSW), for final
disposal or incineration, in violation of the 1986 Agreement Concerning the Transboundary
Movement Hazardous Waste, between the United States and Canada; and
WHEREAS, S.431 amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States in
which facilities received more than 650,000 tons of out-of state municipal solid waste in
1993, to establish limits on the quantity of such waste to be received by facilities; and
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WHEREAS, S. 383, the Canadian Waste Import Ban Act of 2003, amends the Solid
Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the importation of Canadian municipal solid waste for
disposal or incineration into any State without the Governor's consent and requires the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to also consider the impact of the
importation on homeland security, public health and the environment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby supports provisions within Solid Waste Interstate Act of 2003, that
authorizes States to establish limits on the amount of out-of-state waste received annually
for disposal at each facility.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Clerk forward copies of
this adopted resolution to the Oakland County delegation to the federal legislature, the
Michigan Association of Counties, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the
National Association of Counties and Oakland County's legislative lobbyists.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #03191 July 31, 2003
The Vice-Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.
Resolution #03191 September 4, 2003
Moved by Wilson supported by Jam ian the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, as amended, be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, Knollenberg, KowaII, Law, Long,
McMillin, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Webster, Wilson,
Zack, Bullard. (24)
NAYS: None. (0).
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, as amended, were
adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
DOES NOT BUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on
September 4, 2003, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 4th day of September, 2003.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk