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SECTION IV. CERTIFYING COMMINGLED RECYCLING FACILITIES. <br />1. Any facility accepting regulated recyclable materials, commingled with other solid waste <br />(hereafter "commingled regulated recyclable materials ") originating from within Orange <br />County, must be certified as an approved Commingled Recycling Facility. Any person <br />wishing to dispose of commingled regulated recyclable materials originating from within <br />Orange County may only do so by delivery to a facility which has been certified as an <br />approved Commingled Recycling' Facility. In order to be certified as an approved <br />Commingled Recycling Facility, the facility must make application for certification as an <br />approved Commingled Recycling Facility. All applications must be accompanied by a <br />processing fee. The amount of the fee will be set by the Board annually with the adoption by <br />the Board of the annual budget ordinance of Orange County. The application must include <br />documentation that the applicant has: <br />A a 1'd N Fth G li (1) Waste T a d fill M\ D,.,, sessing d Reey,.1: «.� 3) 8 -lid <br />tmended 4113104 Waste Transfer, or (4) r-,,....pest:. g Pa flit y pe...., ma <br />B-.--One-Me 4et g- <br />- separate <br />ordina ee to be t ,d t.., n „e C-eu ;ter <br />(2) shall 30-1,; r-esyeling ef all materials that the Fa <br />aeeepts. is e exelu d e d om. t4, t i aeeepted nd _f ern the <br />fnateFW r-eryeled in the er€errnanee ealeula vsr <br />A one of the following valid state permits issued by the state where the facility is <br />located to which Regulated Recyclable Material is to be delivered (1) Solid Waste <br />Landfill (2) Processing and Recycling (3) Solid Waste Transfer, or (4) <br />Composting Facility permit to operate; and <br />B. one of the following: <br />(1) a documented performance of separating and marketing all those materials <br />required by this ordinance to be recycled demonstrated by twelve (12) months of <br />tonnage detailing all Regulated Recyclable Material the facility has received and <br />receipts for all Regulated Recyclable Material marketed; or <br />(2) a documented performance of at least 30% recycling of all material that the <br />Commingled Recycling Facility accepts demonstrated by twelve (12) months of <br />tonnage detailing all material the facility has received and receipts for all <br />material separated and marketed In making this recycling performance <br />calculation• (1) inert debris (such as for example, concrete, dirt rock and <br />asphalt paving) shall be excluded from the material accepted and from the <br />material recycled; and (2) fifty percent (50 %) of fines (mechanically screened <br />material resulting from the operation of a mechanical waste recovery system) <br />shall be considered inert debris and the other fifty percent (50 %) may be <br />counted as material accepted and material recycled. <br />2. Certification. <br />A. A Facility complying with the above requirements shall be certified as an approved <br />Commingled Recycling Facility by the Department.. This certification will be valid for <br />one year from the date of approval by the Department and must be renewed annually. <br />B. If the certification application does not meet the requirements of this ordinance, the <br />notification of denial shall state the reasons that the application was denied. If the <br />Department denies certification pursuant to this Section, the applicant may request a <br />hearing with the Department Director. The Department Director shall keep minutes of the <br />hearing, including all documents that are part of the application and all documents <br />