Disposal Facility

(1) The Board hereby finds that there is a requirement for additional disposal facility capacity to meet present needs or needs anticipated to arise within the next decade. (2) In any determination to proceed with disposalfacilitysite selectionpursuant to M.G.L. c. 111H, § 17, the Board shall consider, at a minimum, the following disposal facility siting options and choose among those considered: (a) Site a disposal facility for Massachusetts-only waste; (b) Site a small regional disposal facility that would handle waste from Massachusetts and one or more neighboring states; (c) Site a large regional disposal facility to accommodate waste fromthe New England states as well as other states searching for disposal options.