(A) Upon the submission of a permit application to the department for a municipal solid waste disposal facility, the permit applicant shall within fifteen days of the date of submission of the application publicize the submission by public notice and in writing as follows:

1. (1) If the application is for a facility serving no more than one county, the public notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation serving the host county, and each local government in the county shall be notified further in writing of the permit application.
2. (2) If the application is for a facility serving more than one county, the public notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation serving each affected county, and each local government within such counties shall be notified in writing of the permit application. For the purpose of this item, "affected county" includes the host county, each county under contract with the proposed facility, and all counties contiguous to the host county.
3. (3) The public notice must be prominently displayed in the courthouse of each notified county. and

4. (4) The initial public notice and all other public notices required under this section, at a minimum, shall contain:

   1. (a) the name and address of the applicant;
   2. (b) the nature of the proposed facility;
   3. (c) a description of the proposed site;
   4. (d) a locational map showing the proposed site; and
   5. (e) such other information as is necessary to fully inform the public to be determined by regulations to be promulgated by the department.

(F) Within thirty days following a public meeting held in accordance with subsection (C), a facility issues negotiation process shall be initiated by the host local government upon receipt of a written petition by at least twenty-five affected persons, at least twenty of whom shall be registered voters of or landowners in the host jurisdiction. Multiple petitions may be consolidated into a single negotiating process. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "affected person" means a registered voter of the host local government or of a county contiguous to such host local government or a landowner within the jurisdiction of the host local government. To be valid, signatures shall be accompanied by the following information:

1. (1) for a registered voter: home address and voter registration number; and
2. (2) for a landowner: home or business address and the county in which the property lies, together with its tax map number.

(H) Within fifteen days following the validation of the written petition, the host local government shall:

1. (1) set a date, time, and location for a petitioner's meeting to choose a citizens' facility issues committee and a date, time, and location for a meeting with the citizens' facility issues committee, the host local government, and the permit applicant not later than thirty days following validation of such written petition to negotiate;
2. (2) notify the petitioners by publication as provided in items (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (A) that the facility issues negotiation process is being initiated and the date, time, and location of the first negotiation meeting; and
3. (3) notify the permit applicant, if different from the host local government, and the department that the facility issues negotiation process is being initiated and the date, time, and location of the first negotiation meeting.

(M) All issues except those which apply to environmental permit conditions are negotiable. Environmental permit conditions are not negotiable. Issues which may be negotiated include, but are not limited to:

1. (1) operational issues, such as hours of operation;
2. (2) recycling efforts that may be implemented;
3. (3) protection of property values;
4. (4) traffic routing and road maintenance; and
5. (5) establishment of local advisory committees.