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.• a solid waste planning ordinance. None of the other members has adopted a similaz ordinance at this time. A solid waste play enforcement officer position could be financed by a special solid waste permit charge on the construction aad reaovations. A surchazge of $0.04 to $0.05 per $100 of project value could raise. the $50,000 annuaily we estimate is required to support the position. This estimated surchazge level is based on the $130 million value of construction for which building permits were issued last year in Orange County. This solid waste management surchazge would add $60 to $75 to the cost of a S 150,000 horse. Other financing alternatives for the solid waste permitting officer are also available and will be presented in January. This position would operate in all jurisdictions and work closely with the building inspection dep~rtrrtents. We recognize the need to involve the construction and design community in development of solid waste planning regulations and have already met with some builder and designers in August, 1996 to solicit input on this program. We believe that the cost of complying with additional regulations could be balanced by a reduction in waste management costs at construction sites. Regional Construction and Demolition Planning Efforts For the past ttute years, Triangle J Council of Governments has provided a forum for consideration of regional efforts az construction and demolition waste reduction. The Solid Waste Planner for the Council of Governments has produced several useful pieces of work for construction and demolition waste management in the Triangle. A detailed list is included as Attachment 1. Attempts to develop regional facilities to manage construction and demolition wastes have not been as successful as the education and demonstration projects described above. Construction and demolition wastes are generally of low value and ~~ ~ relatively low landfill tipping fees in our region, creation of facilities that can charge enough to make alternatives to landfilling worthwhile is an economically difficult endeavor. Areas of the country with ~lazge amounts of construction and demolition waste recycling, other thaw concrete and asphalt crushing, typically have tipping fees for mixed solid waste or mixed construction wastes over S50 per ton. However it is possible to operate on lower tipping fees. In North Carolina, Phoenix Recycling operates a facility on contract with the Coastal Regional Solid Waste Authority with a $34 per ton tipping fee. A private operator of a mixed construction and demolition waste facility in Des Moines Iowa has a tipping fee of S30 per con. There are also at least two local construction material salvage and resale operations exist in this area as well, one in Durham and one in Raleigh. Results of Request for Expression of Interest In September, 1996, the Orange Regional Landfill Owners Group issued a request for expression of interest in processing of construction and demolition wastes received at the Orange Regional Landfill. About seventy Requests for Expression of Interest were distributed nationally. We received seven replies from individuals or companies. ~ A synopsis of those replies is contained as attachment 1 to this memorandum] - .