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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 17,2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Construction and Demolition Waste Regulation for Recycling <br /> DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 10/17/00 SW Director Memo Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management <br /> 9/27/00 Assistant County Attorney Memo Director, 968-2885 <br /> Draft Ordinance Blair Pollock, Solid Waste Programs <br /> C&D Task Force Statement of Principles Manager, 968-2788 <br /> C&D Task Force Summary of Geof Gledhill, County Attorney 732-2196 <br /> Recommendations <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To review the proposed ordinance regulating construction, <br /> demolition and other recyclable wastes, consider the proposed timetable for <br /> implementation, and discuss possible resolution of some key issues in managing <br /> construction and demolition waste for recycling. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1999, the BOCC authorized creation of a C&D waste <br /> recycling task force. That task force completed its work with a report to the <br /> BOCC presented on August 15, 2000. A key task force recommendation was <br /> passage of an ordinance regulating recyclable C&D Materials. This ordinance <br /> requires staffing, facilities development, and coordination with other departments <br /> and governments within Orange County, as well as the-regulated community of <br /> developers and waste haulers. <br /> The draft ordinance attached has potential to regulate both recyclable C&D <br /> materials and other materials with a goal of keeping those materials from being <br /> landfilled and requiring that they be separated for recycling instead. The <br /> proposed ordinance regulates on-site separation, requires submission of <br /> materials management plans for large construction projects, and licensing of <br /> waste haulers to haul the separated regulated materials. Passage of the <br /> ordinance would significantly alter the ways in which construction and demolition <br /> waste is managed in Orange County and has the potential to reduce the amount <br /> of material landfilled if properly implemented and administered. <br />