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., 4 There are three permitted, privately-owned, land clearing and inert debris landfills with unknown capacity and environmental controls in northern Chatham County. These landfills are permitted to accept stumps, dirt, brick, rock and concrete only. There is also a composting facility within the market area. All these facilities have tipping fees lower than Orange Regional Landfill for land clearing and inert debris. The decline in overall total construction and demolition waste tonnage delivered to Orange Regional Landfill compared to 199495 tray be partly attributable to these less expensive alternatives as well as to improved waste reduction practices. Our estimated cost of landfilIing construction aad demolition wastes is around $16 per ton, less than the price at the gate of $31 per ton.[$33 per ton after December 1, 1996]. The surplus revenues are used to finance other operations including recycling, reserve funds and required engineering work. If these surplus funds were used t o finance construction and demolition waste reduction activities, then other funds would have to be found to finance the recycling, etc. now financed by the surplus. If a variety of reduced tipping fees are used to create incentives for source-separation of waste construction materials that arz now recyclable, there will be a net loss of revenue to the landfill . We estimate that any strategy other than burial would have net direct costs to the landfill greaser than $16 per ton. T1x lost revenue could be recovered by instituting higher fees on the remaining mixed solid waste and construction wastes, by reducing. programs operated by the landfill from current tip fee revenues or by developing alternative sources of revenue. Land requirements for construction and demolition wastes We expect the northern portion of the landfill where construction and demolition wastes. are now buried to be full by the spring of 1999 at current use rates. After that area is full, it is possible that construction wastes could be buried in the lined south portion of the landfill heretofore used for mixed solid waste only. At cumeat use rates, the lined portion of the landfill is projected to be full in about 2005-2006. Adding construction and demolition waste to the lined area would reduce its life expectancy by at least two years at current rates of use. Therefore, it is with some urgency that we request the Owners Group to consider alternatives to use of the sanitary landfill, given the time necessary to purchase, permit, engineer and construct a new construction and demolition waste landfill. In order to ensnro enough capacity for use of the lined portion of the landfill for only mixed waste until 2005-2006, additional land would be required for both processing and burial of non- processable construction and demolition wastes. We estimate we would need at lcast twenty-five additional acres including: fifteen acres to continue to landfill constnretion wastes in as unlined area from 1999 through 2005 -06, ~~ five acres for stockpiling clean fill removed from excavation for landfill construction, and