The purpose of this part is to protect the public health and the environment by providing a procedure for establishing appropriate sites and properly designed facilities for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste. It is the intent of the general assembly that in the implementation of this part the department of natural resources shall emphasize alternatives to land burial of hazardous waste whenever possible with emphasis on the following management methods in the following order: Source reduction, reuse, resource recovery, incineration, and detoxification.
[81 Acts, ch 152, § 1]
83 Acts, ch 101, § 95; 83 Acts, ch 137, § 23
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