A. An annual survey of all generators of municipal waste and of all municipal waste collectors and municipal waste transporters, any landfill operators, any transfer station operators or any other parties involved in the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of municipal waste of the municipality shall be conducted by an engineering consultant designated by the county or the municipal waste authority. Such engineering consultant shall estimate based on such survey the amount of each type of municipal waste of the municipality expected to be generated in the following year, after recycling, in total and in each of the following categories:
(1) Municipally collected.
(2) Municipally contracted.
(3) Municipal waste disposal arranged for by residents.
(4) Municipal waste disposal arranged for by apartment houses, condominium associations and other multiresident dwellings.
(5) Municipal waste disposal arranged for by commercial establishments.
(6) Other.
B. All persons which are the subject of this survey are required to cooperate in the taking and preparation of the survey.
C. In connection with the annual survey, pursuant to the IMA, at the beginning of the first operating year and at least one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the beginning of each subsequent operating year, the county and the municipality shall jointly specify the size of the projection of the municipality's municipal commitment for such operating year, which projection shall be equal to the amount of the municipality's residential component (as reasonably determined by an engineer retained by the county or municipal waste authority for this purpose, after taking into account any and all information provided by the municipality) plus any other amounts agreed upon by the county and the municipality. This projection will be the net of any waste removed as a result of source separation. This projection shall be further stated in twelve (12) monthly projections the sum of which shall be equal to the operating year projection. This projection shall be adjusted by the county from time to time following consultation with the municipality, as and when the county determines that such projection was incorrect and from year to year in accordance with the experience of the previous year and the volume anticipated in the coming year.
D. At the time that the county and the municipality make the foregoing projection, the municipality shall assist the county in projecting the total amount of acceptable waste expected to be generated within the municipality during the forthcoming operating year.
E. Based upon the foregoing projections, the county shall make projections of total tonnage and projections of monthly tonnage as required pursuant to any applicable disposal agreements, including the service agreement with respect to the facility. The county shall use its best efforts to maximize the tonnage delivered to the facility up to the maximum capacity of the facility.