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4 <br /> Exhibit A <br /> AN ORDINANCE REGULATING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND LICENSING THE <br /> COLLECTION OF REGULATED RECYCLABLE MATERIAL-IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> SECTION I. FINDINGS. Orange County,North Carolina does hereby find that: <br /> Orange County has heretofore adopted ordinances governing the storage, transportation, <br /> and recycling of solid waste within the unincorporated sections of County; and <br /> Orange County owns and operates solid waste management facilities as a public <br /> enterprise to protect the citizens of Orange County and the environmental health both within the <br /> unincorporated areas of the County and within the municipalities in Orange County;and <br /> Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane have heretofore <br /> adopted and followed separate ordinances for the regulation of solid wastes within their <br /> respective jurisdictions; and <br /> Siting and permitting of construction and demolition landfills and sanitary landfills has <br /> become increasingly difficult; the disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition waste <br /> has become increasingly more expensive; and construction and demolition waste continues to be <br /> disposed of through open burning, adding to the increasing air pollution problem within the <br /> County; and <br /> Units of local government are charged by the legislature in N.C.G.S. § 130A-309.09A(b) <br /> to make a good faith effort to achieve the State's forty percent (40%) municipal solid waste <br /> reduction goal by the year 2006; and <br /> Orange County has committed itself to recycling recyclable materials, including <br /> construction and demolition waste, as part of its own solid waste reduction goal of 61% by the <br /> year 2006; and <br /> Construction and demolition waste constitutes approximately one-third (1/3) of the <br /> overall solid waste stream delivered to the Orange County Landfill, at least fifteen percent(15%) <br /> of which is readily recoverable for purposes of recycling, secondary-market salvage, or re- <br /> integration-into existing or subsequent projects; and <br /> Orange County has the legal authority under State law, including but not limited to <br /> N.C.G.S. § 153A-136, § 153A-445, and § 130A-309.09B, to enact regulations with respect to the <br /> disposal of solid waste including recyclable material, land-clearing debris that is not sold as <br /> timber or chipped for use onsite or sale, and to provide reasonable penalties and other provisions <br /> for the enforcement thereof, <br /> NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by Orange County as follows: <br /> SECTION H. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION. <br /> The purpose of this ordinance is to regulate the storage, collection, transportation, use, <br /> disposal and other disposition of regulated recyclable material in Orange County. This ordinance <br /> is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in N.C.G.S. §§ 153A-121, 123, 132.1, 136, 274- <br /> 278,291-293,445, and N.C.G.S. §§ 130A-309.01-309.08, 309.09A, 309.09B, 309.09C, 309.09D. <br /> Unless otherwise indicated,this ordinance pertains to all solid waste activity in Orange County. <br /> 1 <br />