§ 23-19-11. Planning requirements.
Planning responsibilities of the corporation shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) The preparation of a statewide resource recovery system development plan which will
indicate the location, type, and size of solid waste management facilities, including
without limitation, transfer stations, waste processing facilities, and ultimate disposal
facilities which may be required to serve the future needs of the state and its municipalities
through the development of an integrated statewide resource recovery system for the
effective management of solid waste;
(2) The plan shall be in conformity with the applicable provisions of the state guide
plan;
(3) The plan will be subject to amendment;
(4) In developing the plan, the corporation will assure that:
(i) The orderly extension of future solid waste facilities and management systems are
provided for in a manner consistent with the needs and plans of the whole area, and
in a manner consistent with the state departments of health and environmental management
rules and regulations for locating and operating solid waste facilities;
(ii) All aspects of planning, zoning, population estimates, engineering, and economics
are taken into consideration to delineate with all practical precision those portions
of the area which may reasonably be expected to be served by a given time frame, as
determined by the corporation;
(iii) Appropriate time schedules are set for the phasing in of the required component parts
of the system.
(iv) Future solid waste disposal facilities shall be regional in size and emphasize the
geographic and political nature of the surrounding area.
(5) In the interim prior to the completion of the statewide plan, the corporation is authorized
to develop component facilities as may be required to carry out the purposes of this
chapter; provided, however, upon completion of the plan, all projects of the corporation
undertaken thereafter shall be in conformity with the plan; and
(6) The corporation shall cooperate with the department of environmental management and
other state and local agencies in the development of a comprehensive statewide solid
waste management plan, of which the corporation's statewide resource recovery system
development plan shall be a component part. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted
as limiting the authority of the department of environmental management to prepare
a statewide, comprehensive, solid waste management plan, including, but not limited
to, any plan required by any federal law, rules, or regulations to meet federal requirements
that may be conditions precedent to receiving federal assistance.
(7) The plan shall not include incineration of solid waste.
(8) The plan shall limit the use of landfills to providing temporary backup or bypass
disposal capacity and residue disposals from waste processing facilities. The plan
shall also seek to minimize landfilling of any type of waste and phase out the use
of landfills for waste disposal.
(9) The plan shall include composting of yard waste and other appropriate organic wastes.
(10) The plan shall consider the financial feasibility of modifying, curtailing, or supplanting
the provisions of chapter 19.1 of this title in light of the requirements for waste
processing facilities.
(11) The plan shall primarily rely on a system of waste processing facilities.
(12) The plan shall provide that the corporation actively pursue research and develop new
uses for materials recovered from solid waste to maximize revenue from recycled materials.