Any application to the Board of Minerals and Environment or the secretary for a new permit or first authorization to operate under a general permit for a facility for the transportation, storage, treatment, or disposal of solid waste or medical waste pursuant to this chapter shall include a resolution by the governing body of the county in which the facility is to be located approving the proposed facility. Approval by the county within no more than twenty–four months before the issuance of the new permit or first authorization by the Board of Minerals and Environment or the secretary is a condition for the issuance of the permit or authorization. Approval granted under this section may only be rescinded by the county before the new permit or first authorization is issued and only if a significant change in the size, purpose, or location of the proposed facility has occurred.

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Source: SL 1992, ch 258; SL 1996, ch 220, § 1.