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COVER SHEET <br />Date: <br />September 30, 2009 <br />Title of Activity: <br />Orange County, NC Solid Waste Transfer Station — Paydarfar Site <br />Submitted By: <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Responsible State: <br />Orange County Planning Department <br />Agency and Contact: <br />Craig Benedict <br />306 -F Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Type of Document: <br />Environmental Assessment <br />Applicable Rule: <br />Chapter 40 Orange County Environmental Impact Ordinance <br />Background: <br />In the case of the proposed Orange County waste transfer station, the North <br />Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources' <br />Division of Water Quality and Division of Waste Management have indicated <br />that an EA and SEPA approval will not be required because the proposed <br />transfer station operation (250 tpd) is less than 350 tpd required for such <br />analyses. SEPA coordinators have also confirmed that an Environmental <br />Assessment (EA) would not be required in this particular case. Despite the <br />fact that an EA is not required by state regulations, it is required by the <br />Orange County Environmental Impact Ordinance and was completed as part <br />of the due diligence for this siting. <br />The attached EA document reviews the environmental impacts of the con- <br />struction and operation of a 250 -ton per day solid waste transfer station on <br />the Paydarfar site -located in the central portion of Orange County off of <br />Millhouse Road near the intersection of Interstate Highway 1 -40 and NC <br />Highway 86. The EA contains a project description, review of the existing <br />environment, discussion of the need for and alternatives to the project, <br />potential environmental impacts associated with the project and mitigation <br />measures for those impacts. <br />Environmental Assessment — Paydarfar Site <br />September 30, 2009 <br />