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16 MEMORANDUM TO: ,Gayle Wilson, Orange County Solid Waste Director FROM: Jan Sassaman, Chair, Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Board SUBJECT: Waste Transfer Station Siting DATE March 19, 2007 CC: Members, Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Board At the March 13, 2007 Orange County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, there was some confusion and lack of detail and context regarding the Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Board's (SWAB) resolution of March 2007 recommending that the proposed Waste Transfer Station (WTS) "be developed on existing landfill property north of Eubanks Road." With that in mind, I would like to provide some additional information regarding the context and detail associated with our deliberations and recommendation. Context The context in which we performed that evaluation included the following. • That we must proceed with development of a WTS as expeditiously as possible in as much as the current landfill will be full by 2010 and that some residual capacity would be desired for contingencies. This continues to be the SWAB's understanding. • That the Eubanks Road landfill site will remain an active waste handling and disposal facility for many years to come -for disposal of construction and demolition (C and D) material, for staging of recycling operations, as a county-wide convenience waste drop off center, for disposal of household hazardous waste, as the site of the waste operations center, and potentially as the locus for a landfill gas collection facility. However, the current MSW landfill cell will be capped, significantly reducing generation of odors and attraction for vermin and pests. • That the proposed WTS will be operated in accordance with state and federal guidelines, that odors, vermin, and other noxious elements will be controlled or eliminated, that MSW will be removed to the receiving landfill at the end of each day's operations, and that the building will be constructed and operated in a manner to reduce to the maximum extent feasible any adverse impacts on surrounding areas. • That the net impacts, if the WTS were sited at the Eubanks Facility, would be less than for present operations, since the MSW landfill would no longer be operational. Thus, impacts of the added approximately 10 to 15 (average about 12) large long- haul truck round-trips from Route 86 to the WTS would be offset by reduced or even eliminated landfill odor, vermin, noise, etc. Furthermore, we are talking about a relatively small facility, enclosed within a structure, screened from casual public view, located as part of an ongoing solid waste operation.