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9 <br /> The University of North Carolina is a unique case.While often complying with local <br /> zoning and development ordinances, UNC is generally regulated directly by State statute. <br /> For example, State Building Inspectors rather than local inspectors are responsible for <br /> inspection of construction on campus. UNC is in the process of making some policy and <br /> specification decisions that would require its contractors to recycle. Orange County <br /> attorney's office is evaluating the degree to which local requirements for separating and <br /> hauling separated materials can be applied to UNC projects. As a major waste generator <br /> in Orange County,UNC should be involved in all discussion regarding the ordinance and <br /> its potential effect on their operations and contracts. <br /> The enforcement of the source separation and hauling parts of the ordinance will be the <br /> most difficult. At some construction projects,there may be a variety of attempts to avoid <br /> compliance with the ordinance by on-site contamination, taking materials out of county <br /> without proper permitting, etc.. Once at the landfill, all haulers,public and private, are <br /> subject to regulations established to manage materials. Thus it is relatively simple to <br /> enforce the portion of the ordinance regulating material separation at the landfill. The <br /> Solid Waste Management Department may need assistance from other County and Town <br /> departments to effectively regulate on-site separation and haulers. <br /> D. Education and Involvement of the Potentially Regulated Development and <br /> Waste Hauling Community <br /> The ordinance being considered will have a significant impact on the nature of <br /> construction materials management in Orange County. The staff strongly believes that <br /> the early and thorough involvement of builders, designers, and developers of all types <br /> and scales of projects, as well as waste haulers, will result in development of a workable <br /> ordinance that has their support and understanding. To that end, staff is developing a <br /> procedure and approach to creating significant interaction between itself and members of <br /> this potentially regulated community to discuss the proposed ordinance prior to its <br /> adoption to develop practical, enforceable approaches to meeting the ordinance <br /> requirements: <br /> E. Licensing Haulers <br /> The licensing arrangement could be applied in several ways including <br /> • licensing of each hauler under one omnibus permit, <br /> • licensing each vehicle owned by a hauler/operator, license each container or <br /> • licensing each hauler based on the number of vehicles and/or containers. <br /> The draft ordinance now has the structure of licensing each hauler based on the number <br /> of vehicles and conveyances (such as trailers)that will operate in Orange County. <br /> Although this approach is slightly more onerous to enforce than an omnibus license for <br /> each business,it is more equitable and further ensures rigorous enforcement of County <br /> regulations, leaving less to judgment when determining if a hauler is licensed properly to <br /> operate in Orange County. Each vehicle, and possibly container, owned by that hauler <br /> would have a special license decal/marker/etc. indicating to the landfill scale house <br /> weighmasters and to Solid Waste Field inspectors that the vehicle is licensed to haul <br /> either reguated recyclable materials or other wastes in Orange County. Those licenses <br /> 9 <br />