HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-11-14 88-456 RESOLVEBy de city cussed of the City ofBunmor
AUMDLVKD. WHEREAS. the laws of the State of Maine mandate that municipalities
must carry the burden of providing for the disposal of domestic and commercial
solid waste generated within their boundaries; and
WHEREAS, open burning and operation of improperly sited landfills has been
sharply curtailed by state and federal environmental regulation; and
WHEREAS, a group of communities in Penobscot. Piscataquis, Waldo and Hancock
Couties
have
0,000
and innumerable
erab over hours
poet flax years expended more than economically
_
end innumerable hound of d reliable
time devetion to the
an disposal
feasible,
environmentally
refuse;
sound, nd and reliable dalu[ion [a the disposal of household and
commercial refuse; and
WHEREAS, the preferred management alternative for combustible refuse identified
as a result of these planning efforts is resource recovery; and
WHEREAS, the twenty-elgbt communities of the Penobscot Valley Refuse Disposal
District, in addition to fifty-eight additional municipalities In central Maine
representing 250,000 people have established long-term waste disposal agreements
with the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company; and
WHEREAS, these long-term waste disposal agrerepresent an irreversible
course of action to which no alternative is currently feasible; and
WHEREAS, the decision by these communities to utilize resource ery Is a
major component in their comprehensive solid waste management strategy;;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It
RESOLVED, THAT the City Council of the City of Hongor hereby supports and
endorses the public need for a landfill for the disposal of incinerator ash
and processed residue within �oasomable proximity of the Penobscot Energy
Recovery Facility in b[rfng[ovcfMalne.
Councilor England
CITY
OF
BANGOR
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Public
Need for an Incinerator Ash Landfill
By de city cussed of the City ofBunmor
AUMDLVKD. WHEREAS. the laws of the State of Maine mandate that municipalities
must carry the burden of providing for the disposal of domestic and commercial
solid waste generated within their boundaries; and
WHEREAS, open burning and operation of improperly sited landfills has been
sharply curtailed by state and federal environmental regulation; and
WHEREAS, a group of communities in Penobscot. Piscataquis, Waldo and Hancock
Couties
have
0,000
and innumerable
erab over hours
poet flax years expended more than economically
_
end innumerable hound of d reliable
time devetion to the
an disposal
feasible,
environmentally
refuse;
sound, nd and reliable dalu[ion [a the disposal of household and
commercial refuse; and
WHEREAS, the preferred management alternative for combustible refuse identified
as a result of these planning efforts is resource recovery; and
WHEREAS, the twenty-elgbt communities of the Penobscot Valley Refuse Disposal
District, in addition to fifty-eight additional municipalities In central Maine
representing 250,000 people have established long-term waste disposal agreements
with the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company; and
WHEREAS, these long-term waste disposal agrerepresent an irreversible
course of action to which no alternative is currently feasible; and
WHEREAS, the decision by these communities to utilize resource ery Is a
major component in their comprehensive solid waste management strategy;;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It
RESOLVED, THAT the City Council of the City of Hongor hereby supports and
endorses the public need for a landfill for the disposal of incinerator ash
and processed residue within �oasomable proximity of the Penobscot Energy
Recovery Facility in b[rfng[ovcfMalne.
In City Council November 14,1988
Passed as amended
Amendedln the Last Paragraph
3rdline after the word residue
adnaid - in and eviromentaly sound
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88-456
RESOLVE
Endorsement of the Public Need for
an Incinerator Ash Landfill