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(2) Development and maintenance of adequate local
emergency response capacity to accommodate the facility,
including the purchase of any reasonable and necessary
life-safety supplies or equipment for local fire and
emergency response personnel, including, but not limited
to, respirators, protective clothing, sensors, monitoring
equipment, special tools or ladders, chemical fire
suppressants and vehicles, if the vehicles are purchased
specifically because of the presence of an incineration
facility;

 
(3) Financial support for personnel or other means to
provide technical assistance to the municipality in
interpreting data and to advise the municipality on
other technical issues concerning the facility.__This
provision must include a payment of up to $100,000 per
year for the hiring, training, certification and work
of an environmental engineer or comparable professional
to oversee licensing, compliance and monitoring on
behalf of a host community; and

 
(4) Other issues determined on a case-specific basis
by the applicant and municipality to be appropriate
given the nature of the proposed facility.;

 
(5)__Reasonable reductions in disposal costs and
tipping fee rates to offset the burden borne by such
communities;

 
(6)__Guaranteed disposal of all municipal solid waste
from the host community regardless of tonnage;

 
(7)__Reasonable hours of operation of the facility and
delivery of waste to a host community consistent with
the location of the facility and proximity of the
operation of the facility to residential zones,
including the following provisions.

 
(a)__Deliveries may not be made later than 9 p.m.
if the facility is located within 500 feet of any
residence.

 
(b)__Deliveries may not be made earlier than 6
a.m. if the facility is located within 500 feet of
any residence;

 
(8)__Reasonable restrictions on the type of solid wastes that may
be handled, processed or disposed of in


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