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processing at the facility. The site will also have a special wastes handling area with dumpsters for <br />tires, batteries, white goods, etc. <br />1.2 Purpose and Need for the Project <br />In the past, the siting of new landfills has been the solution to the increased need for disposal <br />facilities. However, in recent years a number of factors have made the siting of new landfills <br />increasingly difficult, such as decreasing amount of suitable land available, legal barriers, potential <br />long -term environmental concerns, and mounting public opposition. The process is further <br />restricted by new permitting regulations required by state agencies. The nationwide trend in solid <br />waste disposal has been toward construction of larger, more remote, regional landfills. <br />Currently, the waste generated in Orange County is disposed in the solid waste landfill located on <br />Eubanks Road. In Fiscal Year 2007 -08 the County disposed of 55,420 tons of municipal solid <br />waste in its landfill. Approximately 7,100 tons of waste generated in Orange County is hauled out <br />of the County by various private disposal companies for disposal. The landfill is expected to close <br />in 2011 at which time there will be no municipal solid waste disposal options within the County. <br />The County is implementing an integrated solid waste management strategy to achieve a 61 <br />percent waste reduction goal. The portion that is not recycled or composted will have to be taken <br />to an out -of- county landfill or processed by an alternate technology to reduce volume. <br />In anticipation of the current landfill's closure, efforts have been made by the County to identify an <br />alternative waste processing technology for use in the County. It was determined that the best <br />near -term solution would be the construction of a solid waste transfer facility for the County. See <br />Section 2.0 for more details on this determination. <br />The decision to build a solid waste management transfer facility to haul the County's wastes to a <br />landfill facility outside of the County comprises just one element of the County's overall plan for <br />managing waste. The proposed plan, along with the County's Solid Waste Management Plan <br />adopted in 1997, is an integrated approach which includes sources reduction efforts, recycling, <br />composting, new collection and financing strategies, and public education programs to encourage <br />involvement in all aspects of waste management, from generation through the disposal. <br />0) <br />Environmental Assessment <br />Site 056 <br />