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Draft <br /> Chapter 4 <br /> Process for Development of the Plan <br /> Plan development in Orange County is an ongoing process. The process is complicated by the <br /> fact that all four jurisdictions remain interested in fashioning a fully integrated plan that <br /> cooperatively incorporates all elements of solid waste management from waste reduction through <br /> landfilling, encompassing all the sectors of the economy in each jurisdiction. T'he County is the <br /> lead agency but the three Towns remain fully involved in the recycling programs and <br /> determining if they are all going to send their waste to the same destination when the Orange <br /> County Landfill closes in 2013. <br /> This iteration of the three year update can provide more definition and direction for a plan that <br /> will provide the County with blueprints for action on a variety of solid waste issues still facing it. <br /> This iteration will not provide a precise timetable or implementation plan for most of those <br /> actions. But an overall approach is presented here. <br /> The previous three-year update acted as a short-term plan interim descriptive document. This <br /> plan submittal is more than descriptive,but does not become fully prescriptive. It does call out <br /> all the key issues on which decisions are needed and offers options for recommendations for <br /> each issue.When those individual issues are decided they could be pulled together to constitute a <br /> plan that will drive the County towards its sixty one percent waste reduction goal and a long term <br /> more sustainable approach to solid waste management. <br /> Following the review and comment on this planning document by the Solid Waste Plan Work <br /> Group,the document was presented at a public meeting on August , comments were <br /> incorporated, and the resulting plan was reviewed by all three Town elected boards. (resolutions <br /> attached as Appendix B). It was be presented to the Board of Orange County Commissioners for <br /> a final review and adoption on September_prior to submittal to the State. <br /> This iteration of the plan,while containing some substantive material,primarily elucidates the <br /> remaining issues.Major issues detailed in the list at the end of the previous chapter are still in the <br /> process of addressed.A series of technical memoranda and presentations over the past two years <br /> provide more background to enable decision-making.Those are incorporated by reference. <br /> Following adoption and submission of this plan,the planning process will continue into the <br /> future. Potential key issues for future for decision-making are: <br /> • The future of solid waste convenience centers design, operation, financing, and location. <br /> • How to create a financially stable solid waste enterprise fund following MSW landfill <br /> closure and integration of the Sanitation Division into the Enterprise Fund <br /> • How much further to expand rural curbside recycling <br /> • Whether or not to implement single stream recycling in both urban and rural curbside <br /> programs and when <br /> • Expansion and full funding of commercial recycling <br /> • Implementing additional regulatory or incentive measures to promote waste reduction <br /> and recycling <br /> • Alternatives to direct hauling of waste to other transfer stations <br /> � Technological Alternatives to Landfill Disposal and Regional Cooperation <br /> 47 <br />