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Draft Environmental Monitorin� On-site inspectors at the working face scrutinize aIi incoming waste for the presence of regulated recyclable materials.Penalties are levied on loads out of compliance or the haulers are given the option to remove the offending materials. County facilities have 36 monitoring groundwater monitoring wells and sample 28 wells semi- annually foz the criteria pollutants of pH,conductivity,temperature,total metals as well as volatile organics using EPA method 8260 and an inorganic analysis for 1ead, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead,mercury, selenium and silver. To monitor methane we have 18 gas-monitoring probes on the north side and 19 gas monitoring probes on the south side. We discovered in winter of Q9-10 a methane migration arzd corttrolled it by installation of a localized trench system. Seven gas flares are currently used to reduce odor problems, which have unfortunately persisted. There are also 45 passive gas- venting pipes in the closed north MSW landfill that are not monitored directly but control gas flow direction.A subsidence in 2009 at the closed MSW landfill was controlled with soil fill. Plannin�Approach and Pro�ress Towards Waste Reduction and Disposal Goals � i , While Orange County is the lead agency in overall solid waste management in Orange County, it � ; continues to actively engage with its partners,the three Towns and UNC as well as citizens and ' � businesses overall.There is a general understanding since the first plan submittal in 1997,that a '� single integrated plan will be submitted by all the partners and a specific reaffirmation of the 61%waste reduction goal in the resolution from each government attached to each plan submittal. There is an operating interlocal agreement which stipulates all waste controlled by the four local governments is to be delivered to the Orange County landfill.As long as the landfill and other related facilities are operational,the partners will continue to deliver waste there. When the MSW landfill is full,the partners will have to determine alternative disposal arrangements and they are conducting those discussions currently. Other activities are anticipated to continue at the current site and accept in-County waste and recyclables. The active intergovernmental partnership is also manifested through the work of the Solid Waste Advisory Board(SWAB). The SWAB advises the County on solid waste matters,budget and policy and communicates through its members to the various Town governments. Tn 2005,the Board of County Commissioners established the Solid Waste PIan Work Group to further the specific objective of creating a more comprehensive solid waste plan. An interim plan was sent forward in 2008. The Work Group continues to review technical materials and deliver its opinion and recommendations on matters related to the reports referenced above. A key recommendation of the work group, the full conversion to two-strearn recycling,was accepted in 2008 has enabled recycling program expansion with minimal investment in new equipment and no new staff. Recycling remained essentially unchanged in 2008-09 while waste dropped 9%. Other changes to advance the waste reduction goal have been minimal. The amount of attention that solid waste issues generate has resulted in ongoing debate over almost every aspect of solid waste planning and consequently few decisions have been made in the past five years. This process while cumbersome has resulted in development of some highly 15