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a® 'i' C R®®~V~O®,® <br />1.1 Project Description <br />The County currently disposes of solid waste from residents and businesses at the existing solid <br />waste landfill on Eubanks Road. This landfill is expected to reach capacity and close in 201 L <br />~ A recent study completed by Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc., (GB&B) concluded that there is <br />not enough waste generated within the County to achieve the economies of scale necessary to <br />make an alternative waste processing technology cost-effective. Based on the study, the Orange <br />County Solid Waste Advisory Board determined that the best solution at present would be to <br />continue with the planned transfer station; and when the County's existing municipal solid waste <br />landfill reaches final capacity, waste will have to be transferred out of the county for disposal. <br />The transfer station will consist of an enclosed metal building (160 feet by 160 feet) and scale <br />house (20 feet by 20 feet), which will sit on a 149-acre parcel of land in western Orange County <br />~ ~ (County). The construction of the facility will result in disturbance of less than 20 acres of this <br />land. There will be eight parking spaces at the facility and an area of equipment storage. The <br />~ roads, equipment storage area, parking spaces, and buildings will result in approximately 200,000 <br />square feet of impermeable surface. The site will be graded prior to construction and designed to <br />protect the quality of the stormwater runoff. The wastewater generated at the site will be hauled to <br />~ ~ the local wastewater treatment plant, and the sanitary wastes will be treated on site with a septic <br />system. <br />After being weighed on a scale system, trucks that enter the facility will unload their wastes on a <br />tipping floor inside the building and then exit. The building will be enclosed to minimize odor and <br />' control dust and litter. The wastes will then be pushed into enclosed and watertight trailers atop <br />long-haul vehicles, located below the tipping floor. Approximately 190 tons of waste, on average, <br />' will be loaded daily. The transfer station will be designed with a capacity of 250 tons per day to <br />handle surges in collection vehicle delivery. At the end of each day, the tipping floor will be <br />i emptied completely and all wastes will be stored in containers in the trailer storage area. The <br />wastes will be transferred to anout-of-county landfill where it will be unloaded and disposed. The <br />~, County plans to solicit bids on waste disposal once the site is acquisitioned. A conceptual site plan <br />layout for this site is presented as Exhibit A. <br />The transfer station shall only accept solid waste that is generated by households, institutions, <br />commercial, and some industrial establishments from within Orange County. Explosives, <br />pathological and biological wastes, and other hazardous wastes are not acceptable wastes for <br />,t <br />Environmental Assessment <br />~;~ a ~p.e `°` 1 Site 056 <br />