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W <br />Applicant's <br />Statement of Justification <br />The Town of Chapel Hill operates the Sanitary Landfill located on Eubanks Road in <br />accordance with a 1972 agreement between the landfill owners - Orange County and the <br />Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Recently, the three owners signed a new Interlocal <br />Agreement (Agreement) whereby the operation and ownership of the landfill and assets <br />are to be turned over to Orange County. <br />One of the requirements of the Agreement requires that 60 acres of the Greene Tract be <br />included as part of the transfer. The 60 acre parcel can be used for any solid waste <br />purpose except burial of any material. Chapel Hill has been requested to Amend the <br />Town Zoning Map to reflect this fact. <br />Chapel Hill's Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1989, identified a Community Facilities <br />Goal which is to provide facilities and services which meet the physical, social and <br />cultural needs of the population and which are available to all residents. Solid waste <br />disposal facilities and services are included as part of that objective. <br />Chapel Hill solid waste policies include: <br />• The Town shall cooperate with other jurisdictions in: the maintenance and operation <br />of regional sanitary landfills and other disposal projects; in the reclamation of non- <br />hazardous landfills for parks and other uses; and in projects for solid waste recycling <br />and composting. <br />• The Town shall encourage solid waste reduction <br />• The Town shall seek to recycle 25% of the solid waste managed by theTown by the <br />year 2000. <br />