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A+Vachrneo+ 4 8 Landfill Neighborhood Cleanup Process and Timeline January 2012 The following represents the conditions, criteria, timeline and other parameters that will guide Orange County's proposed cleanup of illegal dumping and other litter and debris located on private property within % mile of the landfill. At the time this neighborhood cleanup program was conceived it was not known that unregulated, non - permitted for profit waste dumps existed in a neighborhood nearby the landfill. This program is not intended to mitigate potentially large areas where substantial quantities of unknown debris /trash have been buried or otherwise landfilled. Therefore staff suggests some limitations or constraints must be applied to this program in order to avoid regulatory, environmental and financial liability. The process is outlined below: • Eligible property is that which lies within three - fourths of one mile of the landfill boundary. • There will be no cost to the property owner; expenses related to the cleanup will be funded by the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. All material collected would be delivered to the Orange County landfill where tipping fees would be waived. • Owners would have 90 days from the date the initial notification letters are mailed in order to request this cleanup service. • County will send a letter to all property owners within the % mile radius informing them that if there property contains trash and debris that is the result of littering or unregulated /unauthorized dumping Orange County has implemented a one -time cleanup program for which they may be eligible. It will be suggested that a property owner whose property contains such trash and debris may wish to request that their property be considered for these cleanup activities. Only the property owner may submit a request for cleanup and sign a cleanup authorization and release form. This initial