Opinion ID: 2314437
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Heading: The County Plan

Text: The County developed its plan (County Plan), which was adopted by the County supervisors in an ordinance dated April 24, 1991, with an effective date of June 1, 1992, (County Ordinance) and approved by DER on February 14, 1992. Under the County Plan, three landfills were named as designated disposal facilities for a ten-year contract period, subject to the right of the County to terminate the contract period with respect to any or all of those designated disposal facilities at any time after five years. All municipal waste generated within the County was required to be disposed of at one of these designated disposal facilities, subject to certain exceptions, once the County Plan became operational. Pursuant to the County Plan, the County issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to any waste disposal or processing facility which desired to submit a proposal and to be considered as a designated disposal facility or designated processing facility under the County Plan. The facilities designated by the County pursuant to the County Plan agreed to accept for disposal all waste generated within certain portions of the County and to charge each hauler the same fee for this service. In return, the County was obligated to use its County Plan enforcement mechanisms to direct all waste to the appropriate facility subject to certain exceptions stated in the Plan. The County Plan set a grandfathering date for pre-existing contracts, pursuant to section 506 of the Act, as the effective date of the County Plan, i.e., April 24, 1991. According to the County Plan, legally enforceable pre-existing contracts, i.e., those entered into before April 24, 1991, were to remain in force until the termination of the original term of such contracts.