Section 115A.192 Selection of Developer of Stabilization and Containment Facility; Request for Proposals

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Section 115A.192 Selection of Developer of Stabilization and Containment Facility; Request for Proposals

115A.192 SELECTION OF DEVELOPER OF STABILIZATION AND CONTAINMENT FACILITY; REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

Subdivision 1.Request for proposals.

The commissioner shall issue requests for proposals for the development and operation of a stabilization and containment facility. The request must be designed to obtain detailed information about the qualifications of a respondent to develop and operate the facility; the capital and operating costs of the facility and the sources and methods by which the respondent plans to finance the facility; the technical specifications of the proposed facility and the technologies to be employed for processing, stabilization, containment, and monitoring; the requirements of the site for the proposed facility; the schedule for developing and commencing operation of the facility; and other matters which the commissioner deems necessary for the agency to evaluate and select a developer and operator for the facility. Before issuing the requests, the commissioner shall prepare a draft of clauses (a) to (e) of the report required by section 115A.193. The draft must accompany the requests for proposals.

Subd. 2.Selection of developer; procedure.

After evaluating responses to the request for proposals and before selecting a site as provided in section 115A.194, the agency shall decide whether to select a developer for a stabilization and containment facility. If the agency selects a developer it shall proceed as provided in section 115A.194 to select a site for the development of a facility. If the agency decides not to select a developer, the agency shall proceed as provided in section 115A.194 to select and acquire a site for potential future development of a facility.