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13 <br />The County will have the right to refuse to accept for disposal <br />at System Management Facilities any material or substance which the <br />County xeas-onably determines is barred Pram such disposal by the Solid_ <br />Waste Management Plan and Policies, by any applicable law or <br />regulation or by the restrictions of any permit. Notwithstanding the <br />provisions of the previous paragraph, the County shall in no event be <br />aeemed the owner of any such barred substance without its express <br />consent. <br />Tf_ at any time a material that previously qualified as Other <br />Recyclables begins to be processed by the County for recycling and <br />therefore. becomes County Recy-clables,~ then any Party theretofore <br />processing such material as Other Recyclables shall begin to process <br />such material as County Recyclables upon the expiration of any <br />contract for disposal of the material as Other Recyclables that may be <br />in effect at the time of the material's.charige in status. <br />~~ <br />3. Solid waste collection and transportation decisions will remain <br />each Party's prerogative_ .` <br />Y <br />The Parties in all events retain tine might to determine their own <br />systems and procedures for the collection of Solid Waste and related <br />matters, provided that such systems and procedures shall be reasonably <br />designed to be consistent and compatible with the appropriate Solid <br />Waste Management Plan and Policies. <br />4. The County will operate the System as an enterprise operation, <br />and will have discretion to set rates, fees and charges. <br />The Parties agree that the long--term success of the arrangement. <br />for solid waste- management provided for in this Agreement requires <br />that the Parties remain committed partners. The Parties agree that <br />their goal of reducing solid waste must be achieved in a manner that <br />guards the economic viability of the System's current and future <br />operations. At the~same time, the Parties acknowledge that the County <br />is not expected•to use its general funds to underwrite overall solid <br />waste management activities. Therefore, the County, the Towns and the <br />persons and organizations' within their jurisdictions all must bear <br />appropriate. proportional shares of the costs~of providing for current <br />and future operations of the solid waste management enterprise. The <br />Parties agree that~the County, as part of its responsibility for solid <br />waste management, must retain-broad flexibility to implement and <br />adjust rates, fees and other charges, as provided below, in order to <br />generate sufficient resources through the System to carry out the <br />requirements of the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies. The <br />Parties agree that the County is ultimately responsible for balancing <br />the available resources and the demands an the System, and that the <br />County must therefore have sufficient authority to adjust either the <br />resources or the System demands, or both, to achieve the balance. Part <br />1. of this Agreement provides for the County's authority over the Salid <br />Waste Management Plan and Policies. This Part 4 provides for the <br />County's authority over the available resources. <br />4 <br />