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hearing on an appeal for a potentially dangerous dog <br />declaration.North Carolina General Statute 67-4.1.C <br />states that an “appellate Board shall schedule a <br />hearing within 10 days of the filing of objections” to <br />a potentially dangerous dog declaration.The 10-day <br />timetableto convene a hearing presents a significant <br />challenge. Members of appeals bodies are community <br />residentswith many obligationsand it is often a <br />struggle to schedulemeetings within the mandated 10- <br />day timeframe. It would be a significant improvement <br />to amend the statute to state “within 14 days of the <br />filing of objections”; <br />*Solid Waste Management Plan Requirements <br />18) – Orange <br />County supports the streamlining of provisions <br />requiring units of local government to prepare 10-year <br />solid waste management plans in order to simplify the <br />process, reduces State and local government costs, and <br />produce results more relevant for local governments and <br />State government. Currently a plan and any changes to <br />it, including three year mandated updates, must often <br />be approved unnecessarily by multiple units of <br />government, even those that may not utilize local waste <br />disposal facilities. Additionally, a primary reason <br />for requiring 10-year plans was to measure remaining <br /> <br />