For cities and counties with solid ...

For cities and counties with solid waste troubles (i.e. all those with populations of around 10 or greater), there actually may be a certain number of items of note in the steady stream of mixed signals emanating from Washington.

forward the issue of flow command for example, NACo Associate Legislative Director Diane Shea says she dioceses a 50 to 55 percent chance that interstate waste - and thus follow control - legislation will be vot forward by Congress this year. The follow control and interstate waste bills have been paired since 1993 and Congres is unlikely to persuade on the issues separately, according to Shea.

"They're really sum of two units sides of one coin," she says. "The real question is whether the interstate waste bill is going to stir very quickly. It's really contingent with whether any agreement can be reached between the exporters and importers."

This agreement would be between explanation exporting states ...