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LAW OFFICES <br /> COLEMAN, GLEDHILL &HARGRAVE <br /> A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br /> 1291 TRYON STREET <br /> P.O.DRAWER 1529 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH,NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> 919-732-2196 FROM THE DESK OF <br /> FAX 919-732-7997 GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL <br /> WEBSITE WWW.CGANDH.COM E-MAI •geoffrey0edhi11@cgandh.c= <br /> November 2, 2001 <br /> VIA FACSIMILE <br /> Stephen H. Halkiotis, Chair <br /> Margaret W. Brown <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> Alice M. Gordon <br /> Barry Jacobs <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Post Office Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> RE: Regulated Recyclable Materials/Burning Solid Waste <br /> Dear Board Members: <br /> At your recent work session you discussed the draft <br /> Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance in anticipation of the <br /> November 7, 2001 public hearing on that Ordinance. The Solid <br /> Waste staff will address in one way or another the concerns <br /> expressed by the Board at the recent work session. I write <br /> separately to make several points . The first is to recall to you <br /> that this Ordinance is not an ordinance which regulates <br /> emissions . Rather, it is an ordinance which regulates solid <br /> waste. Orange County has tried, unsuccessfully, to get authority <br /> from the General Assembly to regulate emissions . A copy of the <br /> Board' s resolution including the draft bill to that effect is <br /> enclosed. <br /> Since the County' s authority to directly control emissions <br /> is not clearly established, it was my recommendation that the <br /> . County regulate material frequently disposed of by open burning <br /> as solid waste and prohibit its disposal by open burning as part <br /> of its broad authority to regulate solid waste . Consistent with <br /> that approach, it is my recommendation that the anti-burning <br /> provisions of the regulated recyclable materials ordinance not <br />