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EXHIBIT 3 <br />Preliminary Community-Specific Siting Criteria <br />Discussion Points <br />^ Environmental Justice Considerations <br />• Facility clustering in areas -inequitable share of negative environmental <br />consequences <br />• Potentially cumulative environmental impacts on a community of neighborhood <br />• Alternate solutions <br />^ Impact on Air Quality <br />• Emissions from collection and transfer vehicle exhaust <br />• Dust from waste transfer operations <br />• Potential impacts from other existing mobile or stationary emission sources in <br />immediate area <br />^ Impact on the Local Infrastructure <br />• Roadways <br />• Water and sewer <br />^ Adjacent Land Uses <br />• Zoned or planned land use -actual use <br />• Customary uses -hiking, gardening, fishing, hunting, outdoor activities <br />• Existing environmental stressors <br />^ Proximity to Schools, Recreation Sites, and Residences <br />• Facility related vehicle traffic <br />• Likelihood of exposure to sudden, accidental environmental releases <br />^ ,Prevailing Winds <br />• Off-site odor impacts <br />^ Number of Residences Impacted <br />• Demographics <br />• Community History <br />^ Presence of Natural Buffers <br />• Visibility <br />• Noise Abatement <br />^ Impacts on Existing Businesses <br />• Development of neighboring property <br />• Displacement of existing jobs <br />^ Buffer Zones and Screening Measures <br />• Open spaces, greenways, natural or wooded areas, streams <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />