Opinion ID: 792966
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Text: 6 The facts are not in dispute. Defendant is a county located in Kentucky. Under Kentucky law, Defendant is responsible for developing and implementing solid waste management plans for the county. Ky. Rev.Stat. Ann. § 109.011(9) (West 2005). Pursuant to this responsibility, Defendant enacted the Ordinance on February 19, 2004. The Ordinance states, in relevant part: 7 1. Daviess County Fiscal Court shall provide universal municipal solid waste collection within its jurisdiction through the grant of nonexclusive franchises. 8 2. All franchise agreements entered into under this ordinance shall require the party providing municipal solid waste collection service to dispose of the waste they collect at the Daviess County Landfill or Transfer Station. 9 3. Nonexclusive franchises shall be granted to all haulers that are properly registered in accordance with KRS 224.43-315(2), have properly filed an annual report as required by KRS 224.43-315(3), and are in compliance with all other applicable laws and regulations. 10 4. No hauler shall be allowed to collect municipal solid waste in Daviess County unless granted a franchise by Daviess County Fiscal Court. 11 Plaintiff is a trade association whose members are engaged in various aspects of solid waste management, including the collection, transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste generated in Daviess County. (J.A. at 8.) One of these members is Republic Services of Kentucky, LLC (Republic). Republic currently conducts business in Daviess County as a waste collector, and it disposes of this waste either at Plaintiffs transfer station or at a Kentucky landfill owned by Republic. Plaintiff claims that its members operating within Daviess County as waste collectors may need to dispose of waste in the future at out-of-state disposal sites. Plaintiff also claims that its members who operate out-of-state waste disposal sites will be unable to participate in the waste disposal market for Daviess County.