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20 <br />improve the quality of service, and /or meet local waste <br />reduction goals; <br />34) Construction and Demolition Landfill - Change in <br />Operations - Support legislative assistance to change <br />the State rules /statutes regarding the origin of <br />materials and not the material use in connection with C <br />& D landfill disposal. Orange County continues to <br />challenge the change in State rules /statutes. The <br />effect is that considerable C & D materials are now <br />required to be placed in the County Municipal Solid <br />Waste (MSW) landfill using valuable space, raising <br />costs, and creating operational difficulties for field <br />supervisors. For many years the State did not apply a <br />rigid interpretation and related enforcement. Orange <br />County, while fully compliant, maintains this rule is <br />expensive, unnecessary, and detrimental to waste <br />reduction goals. The cost of losing 3 months of <br />capacity in the MSW landfill due to the shift of C &D <br />materials is estimated at $240,000 per month or a total <br />of $720,000. Moreover the increased cost to the Solid <br />Waste Sanitation Division for delivering C & D like <br />