The Town recognizes that the adequate disposal of solid waste
presents a problem to the municipality and that the Town has an obligation
to provide a solid waste disposal facility for certain types of domestic
and commercial waste generated within the Town. The purpose of this
chapter is to promote and protect the public health, safety and general
welfare of the citizens of the Town by gaining management control
over solid waste, enabling the reclamation of natural resources, including
energy from solid waste, providing for a comprehensive, rational and
effective means of controlling and regulating the collection, transportation
and disposal of acceptable waste generated within the Town, and ensuring
the delivery of a steady supply of acceptable waste to the disposal
facility designated herein.
Pursuant to this purpose, the Town will maintain compliance
with all the laws of the State of Maine relating to the management
of solid waste, including "Maine Hazardous Waste, Septage and Solid
Waste Management Act," Subchapters I and IA (38 M.R.S. § 1301
et seq.); 38 M.R.S. §§ 417 and 420; the Waste Discharge
Law (38 M.R.S. § 413); 38 M.R.S. § 590-E; the
Maine Refuse Disposal District Enabling Act (38 M.R.S. § 1701
et seq.); and the Solid Waste Management and Recycling Law (38 M.R.S.
§ 2101 et seq.).
In accordance with the provisions of 38 M.R.S. § 1304-B,
the Town-designated disposal facility for compliance and purpose cited
above is identified as Turnkey Landfill, Rochester, New Hampshire,
operated by Waste Management, Inc., as manifested in a duly executed
contract with the Town.
