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<br />• State waste planning and plan preparation/coordination <br />• Provision of recycling and waste reduction services/programs <br />• Long-term management of solid waste enterprise fund and programs/facilities <br />Both the Towns and BOCC will be provided the SWAB recommendations when finalized <br />that will presumably stimulate discussion among the governments that may lead to an <br />intergovernmental process that could create a new IA. <br />(4) Direct County staff and the Solid Waste Advisory Board to establish a discrete <br />timeline and frameworkfor a public process to evaluate alternative methods for solid <br />waste disposal, with an emphasis on strategies that are environmentally sensitive, <br />socially responsible, cost-effective, and multi jurisdictional across county lines. Said <br />framework for evaluation to return to the Board no sooner than September 2010. <br />Over the past several months various interested residents, SWAB members, the Managers <br />office, technology vendors, entrepreneurs and speculators have made suggestions toward, <br />urged investigation of, forwarded information on or raised issues with regard to a number <br />of disparate and derivative technologies, including mostly what are considered in the <br />industry as "emerging technologies". The SWAB has previously sponsored speakers on <br />topics such as waste-to-energy and plasma arc waste management processes. Staff has <br />observed technology demonstrations and attended conferences and workshops where <br />various technologies have been discussed. <br />At the behest of the BOCC a preliminary evaluation of alternative (to landfilling) waste <br />processing technologies was undertaken by Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. In <br />August of 2008 a White Paper was submitted that considered the county's waste stream <br />quantities and commitment to waste reduction. <br />During previous discussions in February 2008 the SWAB developed a set of <br />issues/questions by which the various technologies could be evaluated. These criteria <br />include: <br />• Maturity of Technology <br />• Public Acceptability <br />• Space/Buffer Needs <br />• Minimum Feed for Economic Viability <br />• Ease of Use/Level of Expertise to Operate <br />• County vs. Merchant <br />• Successful US operations <br />• Permittability <br />• Nature of feedstock needed <br />• Residuals-nature and amount <br />The November 10 SWAB meeting's primary agenda item will be a discussion of a <br />process and timeline to fulfill this provision of the December 2009 motion, with their <br />recommendations to be provided as soon as possible. <br />3 <br />