(a)  The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions under which a hazardous waste management facility shall be sited, constructed, operated, maintained and/or altered, including, but not limited to, the following terms, conditions, and provisions:

(1)  Facility construction, maintenance, closure, and post-closure procedures;

(2)  Operating procedures and practices, the design of the facility and its associated activities;

(3)  Monitoring procedures and practices necessary to assure and continue to demonstrate that the facility will be operated safely;

(4)  The services to be provided the developer by the host community;

(5)  The compensation, services, and special benefits that will be provided to the host community by the developer, and the timing and conditions of their provision;

(6)  Any provisions for tax prepayments or accelerated payments, or for payments in lieu of taxes;

(7)  Provisions for renegotiation of any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of the siting agreement subject to the provisions of this chapter;

(8)  Provisions for resolving any disagreements in the construction and interpretation of the siting agreement that may arise between the parties;

(9)  Provisions for direct monetary payments from the developer to the host community in addition to payments for taxes and special services and compensation for demonstrable adverse impacts;

(10)  Provisions to assure the health, safety, comfort, convenience, and social and economic security of the host community and its citizens;

(11)  Provisions to assure the continuing economic viability of the project;

(12)  Provisions to assure the protection of the environment and natural resources including existing and potential drinking water sources; and

(13)  Provisions for reimbursement by the developer to the host community of reasonable costs associated with assessment, negotiation, and arbitration of a siting agreement.

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(b)  The local siting agreement shall specify the terms, conditions, and provisions, if any, under which it may be assigned to a party other than the signatory developer.

(c)  The duration of a siting agreement shall be negotiable, but in no case may it exceed twenty (20) years, at which time it shall be open to renegotiation at the initiative of either party.