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2 Mission Statement The Orange Regional Landfill Owners' Group seeks citizens who live or operate a business in Orange County to serve on the Orange Solid Waste Planning Advisory Committee. The primary objective of the committee is to provide guidance and citizen input to the integrated solid waste management plan that is to be prepared during fiscal year 1994-95. The commitment to this committee would be approximately one year with an average of one meeting per month. Background At current waste generation rates, the Orange Regional Landfill on Eubanks Road will be full within seven to nine years. The Orange Regional Landfill Owners' Group with cooperation of the Town of Hillsborough, wishes to develop an integrated solid waste management plan that will: • extend the life of this landfill and future landfills by reducing the amount of material entering the landfill, • meet or exceed the waste reduction goals set by the State of North Carolina, and • manage solid waste generated in Orange County in a manner that is cost-effective and environmentally sound. To that end, the Owners' Group will contract for development of an integrated solid waste management plan. The advisory committee for this work will provide an opportunity for direct citizen input to the plan. The role of the committee will include: • providing assistance in development of evaluation criteria for selection of different solid waste management systems, • commenting on reports from the consultant on different solid waste management options available to Orange County, e providing a conduit for input from other citizens about the plan. Process The advisory committee will consist of 9 members with two selected by each of the four local governments involved (Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Orange County), and one member selected by the Landfill Owners' Group. There will also be a resource group to the committee made up of eleven representatives from the following groups: UNC-CH (1); environmental organizations (2); solid waste collection companies (2); recycling collection or processing companies(1); Chambers of Commerce (2); public school systems (2); North Carolina Cooperative Extension (1). Membership to the resource group will be selected by the Orange Regional Landfill Owners' Group. The Owners' Group will appoint a convener and then the committee will select a chair to serve as moderator of the meeting and a vice-chair to act in the absence of the chair. The landfill owners' group staff will provide administrative support for the committee.