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60 <br />continue its role as the lead agency for MSW disposal in Orange County there must be <br />anew interlocal agreement prepared to address how that will occur. <br />The Interlocal Agreement appears to separately address Construction and Demolition <br />("C&D") disposal and recycling. For- that reason it is the consensus opinion of the <br />attorneys that the County's responsibility for C&D disposal at the C&D Landfill will <br />continue as will Orange County's responsibility for providing recycling. For- future <br />reference tipping fees at the C&D Landfill are separate from tipping fees at the MSW <br />Landfill and recycling fees are- collected on an annual basis as part of the County's- 3R <br />program and are not related to the MSW or C&D landfills. <br />Section 1 of the Interlocal Agreement also provides that "The County will assume all <br />liabilities, including environmental liabilities related to the ownership of the System..." <br />The consensus among the attorneys is that this provision places full responsibility for <br />post-closure costs related to the MSW Landfill on the County. At the present time the <br />30-year sum of post-closure costs is estimated to be $10.7 million with reserves on <br />hand to address these costs estimated at $3.9 million. Another $6.1 million is available <br />for equipment reserves. Absent an interlocal agreement to address post-closure costs <br />the Towns' contributions #o these costs will end upon the closure of the MSW Landfill <br />and the cessation of the Towns' required tipping fee payments. <br />