2016 Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Planning Act of 1991 (§§ 17-17-201 - 17-17-235)
§ 17-17-221. Development and administration of state nonhazardous solid waste management plan; goals and contents; updating of plan

(1) The department may develop a state nonhazardous solid waste management plan. The state nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall utilize the information, conclusions and recommendations of the approved local nonhazardous solid waste management plans.

(2) If developed, the state nonhazardous solid waste management plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) An identification and analysis of the amounts and types of municipal solid waste from all sources which is generated in the state or transported into the state for management;

(b) An inventory and evaluation of all existing and planned municipal solid waste management facilities, including their permit status and the remaining capacity of existing facilities;

(c) An inventory of open and unauthorized dumps and a strategy for closing such sites;

(d) A strategy for achieving the twenty-five percent (25%) waste reduction goal through source reduction, recycling or other waste reduction technologies;

(e) A projection, using acceptable averaging methods, of municipal solid waste generated annually by each county over the next twenty (20) years and an evaluation of the adequacy of existing capacity to handle the anticipated projected volume and composition of waste;

(f) Information, conclusions and recommendations in local nonhazardous solid waste management plans for future facilities;

(g) A description of public education and information programs on the management of municipal solid waste; and

(h) A determination of the adequacy of programs for the management of yard wastes, tires, lead acid batteries, household hazardous wastes and white goods.

(3) The department shall update the plan as needed.