Mississippi § 17-17-325 - Submission of local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by authority; designation of geographic area for collection, storage, processing and disposal of solid waste; approval of permit application for facility.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 17-17-325 — Submission of local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by authority; designation of geographic area for collection, storage, processing and disposal of solid waste; approval of permit application for facility., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-17-325. Submission of local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by authority; designation of geographic area for collection, storage, processing and disposal of solid waste; approval of permit application for facility.
The authority may at the direction of the governing bodies of the participating units of local government submit a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan as required by Sections 17-17-201 through 17-17-235, to the Commission on Environmental Quality providing the authority’s assurance of capacity for the management of municipal solid waste within the geographical boundaries of the authority for the period of not less than twenty (20) years. The authority may designate a geographic area to the permit board within which the collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of all municipal solid waste generated within such area shall be accomplished in accordance with a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan. Such designation shall be made only after the permit board has received a resolution adopted by the unit or units of local government having jurisdiction within such geographic area that such designation be made and after approval of the commission of a local nonhazardous solid waste management plan. The permit board shall not approve any permit application unless the facility is consistent with the applicable local nonhazardous solid waste management plan.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17-17-325 ("Submission of local nonhazardous solid waste management plan by authority; designation of geographic area for collection, storage, processing and disposal of solid waste; approval of permit application for facility.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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