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12 <br />origin. Unless otherwise determined by County and Contractor, the Site Attendant will make <br />the decision as to the acceptability and proper handling of said waste using guidelines <br />established by the Orange County Department of Solid Waste Management. If the decision is <br />made to refuse to accept hazardous waste based on the determination that the waste is <br />commercial in origin (and therefore not Household Hazardous Waste), then County, Site <br />Attendant, and Contractor will make every reasonable effort to divert eligible commercial <br />hazardous waste into County's Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator Program. <br />b) Operational Hours and Holiday Schedule: HHW will be accepted at Orange County's HHW <br />Collection Facility four days per week, each week. This "multi-day" per week program is <br />intended to increase participation in County's HHW program, increase HHW program <br />efficiency and cost-effectiveness, and to increase convenience of program for County citizens. <br />The program shall be open to accept HHW from eligible participants during the following <br />hours: Wednesday through Friday, 10 AM until 6 PM; Saturday 7:30 AM until 12 noon. <br />County reserves the right to modify program hours as needed, and shall do so only after <br />receiving the approval of Contractor. <br />The holidays observed by the HHW Program shall coincide with the holidays observed by the <br />Orange County Landfill. In general, the only holidays observed by the Orange County <br />Landfill are Independence Day (4th of July), Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New <br />Years Day (January 1). The HHW Program will not operate on days when the Orange County <br />Landfill is closed due to a holiday or to special events such as emergencies, adverse weather <br />conditions, or other reasons deemed appropriate by the Orange County Department of Solid <br />Waste Management, the Orange County Manager, or the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners. Exceptions to the regular operational hours of the multi-day per week <br />program beyond those listed above shall be made only with prior written approval of County. <br />c) Eligible Participants and Screening of Household Hazardous Waste Participants: Contractor <br />shall accept and process HHW only from residents of one of the counties serviced by <br />County's Household Hazardous Waste Program (presently Orange, Chatham, Durham, and <br />Wake). Site Attendant shall screen each event participant and determine in which county the <br />participant resides, and shall further determine that the waste brought by said participant is <br />Household Hazardous Waste (HHW). Contractor shall present County with monthly reports <br />on program participation and waste management by county of origin (see Section 4, <br />subsection 1 for further details). <br />County reserves the right to accept Household Hazardous Waste from residents of other <br />jurisdictions, and / or to limit the jurisdictions from which County will accept HHW, and to <br />limit the types of waste the program will accept. For example, County may, at some point in <br />the future, choose to limit participation in the program to residents of Orange County only. If <br />County chooses to limit participation, County will work with Contractor and Site Attendant to <br />develop a system for screening residents and determining eligibility to participate in the <br />program. <br />6 <br />