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• Need for Facility <br /> • Transfer Station Operations <br /> • Summary of Site Search Process <br /> • Three Candidate Sites <br /> • Tentative Timeline <br /> Need for Facility <br /> Waste Disposal Options <br /> • Eubanks Road Landfill <br /> o Remaining Capacity— May 2011 <br /> • Alternative Waste Process Technologies Assessment <br /> oGBB Report presented to BOCC (October 2008) <br /> o lnsufficient Waste Generated to make Waste Processing Technology Cost-Effective <br /> Investment <br /> ❑Transfer to Out-of-County Disposal Facility <br /> o Only Feasible Option Available to County <br /> oRequires Construction of a Transfer Station <br /> Transfer Station Operations <br /> What is a Transfer Station? <br /> Transfer Station (picture) <br /> Waste Transfer (picture) <br /> Community Concerns <br /> ❑Traffic— Mitigation of Impacts <br /> O Selection of Sites that have Direct Access to Transportation Major Arterials <br /> O Provide Adequate Space on the Facility Site so that Users of the Transfer Station do <br /> not Interrupt Traffic on Public Roads or Nearby Residences and Businesses <br /> O Designate Haul Routes to and from the Transfer Station that avoid Congested Areas, <br /> Residential Areas, Business Districts, Schools, Hospitals, and Other Sensitive Areas <br /> ❑Noise — Impact Mitigation <br /> D Enclosed Tipping Floor Area <br /> O Landscaping to Absorb Exterior Noise <br /> O Develop Site so that Traffic Flows are not Adjacent to Properties that are Sensitive to <br /> Noise <br /> O Buffer Zones to Separate Transfer Station Activities from Adjacent Land Uses <br /> ❑Odor- Impact Mitigation <br /> O"First-in, First-out" Waste Handling Practices that Keep Waste On-Site only for Short <br /> Periods of Time <br /> O Remove all Waste from the Tipping Floor by the End of each Operating Day <br /> D Good Housekeeping Measures — Daily Cleaning of Tipping Floor and Drive-Thru <br /> Areas <br /> Site Search Process <br /> Criteria, Evaluation & Results <br /> Transfer Station Siting Process <br /> ❑Process <br />