C. These disposal capacity needs no longer exist.

Sec. 4. Legislative findings. Maine's municipalities have the obligation to provide for the disposal of the solid waste generated by their citizens and businesses. Public waste disposal corporations and refuse disposal districts are formed by municipalities to provide for the disposal of the solid waste generated within the geographical boundaries of the participating municipalities. Municipal and public regional landfills, however, are becoming increasingly limited in capacity and expensive to Maine's people. The creation of new municipal and public regional landfills is often prohibitively expensive. The Legislature, in exercising its powers over municipalities, public waste disposal corporations and refuse disposal districts as instrumentalities and creations of the State, seeks to maximize the use of these landfills for the benefit of the people of the State and to prevent their potential diversion to uses by others. This law will ensure that municipal and public regional landfills are used for these public purposes.