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repaired and left by the Service in the same condition as, or in a
condition not inferior to, that existing before the street, road, alley,
or highway was torn up, and that all costs incident thereto shall
be borne by the Service;

(o) To enter upon lands, waters, or premises as in the judgment
of the Service is necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purpose
of making surveys, soundings, borings, and examinations to accom-
plish any purpose authorized by this Article, the Service being liable
for actual damage done;

(p) To make application for, receive, and accept from any State
or federal government or any agency, instrumentality, or subdivision
thereof, grants for or in aid of the planning, financing, construction,
acquisition, maintenance, or operation of any project, and to receive
and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, property,
labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for
the purpose for which such grants and contributions may be made
in the furtherance of the purposes of this Article;

(q) To make directly, or through the hiring of consultants, any
plans, surveys, investigations, and studies relating to liquid and solid
wastes transportation, purification, disposal techniques, and manage-
ment methods or the effects of these techniques and methods, for the
purpose of improving or evaluating the effectiveness or economy of
its services and operations; the Service may charge in part or in
whole the costs of the investigations and studies against one or more
service districts or may include them in part or in whole in its
general operating expenses, depending on the expected applicability
of the studies and investigations; and the Service may supplement
grants or other aids received from the Federal Government or from
other sources to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Article;

(r) To conduct hearings and investigations for the furtherance
of the purposes of this Article; and

(s) To do all things necessary to carry out its purposes and for
the exercise of the powers granted in this Article.

(T) ANYTHING IN THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY
NOTWITHSTANDING, THE SERVICE SHALL NOT HAVE ANY
POWER TO CONSTRUCT OR OTHERWISE ESTABLISH ANY
NEW SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROJECT OR TO DISPOSE
OF ANY SOLID WASTES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF
ANY MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT
OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY.

(T) TO PERMIT A MUNICIPALITY TO CONSTRUCT, OPER-
ATE, MAINTAIN, EXPAND, RELOCATE, REPLACE RENO-
VATE OR REPAIR FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
ARTICLE WHEN THE SERVICE CERTIFIES THAT IT IS NOT
IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY CONSTRUC-
TION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, EXPANSION, RELOCA-
TION, REPLACEMENT, RENOVATION OR REPAIR OF FACIL-
ITIES WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. NOTWITHSTANDING
OTHER PROVISIONS IN THIS ARTICLE AND LIMITED TO
THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS SUB-PARAGRAPH, A MUNIC-
IPALITY SHALL FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION,
MAINTENANCE, EXPANSION, RELOCATION, REPLACE-
MENT, RENOVATION OR REPAIR OF FACILITIES IN AC-