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013 Public Works Dept. Town of Chapel Hill 306 N. Columbia Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Orange County Board of Commissioners 108 E. Margaret Lane Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Board of Commissioners: Enclosed is the final report of the Orange County Solid Waste Task Force (OCSWTF) which summarizes our work over the last two and one half years. It includes our observations and recommendations on the state of solid waste management and planning in the County. Over the past three years, this County and its municipalities have taken very positive, forward-looking steps to ensure that all the solid waste disposal options are thoroughly examined and that the future decisions we make about waste disposal are based on rational environmental and economic analysis rather than expediency and desperation. The current engineering study of the existing landfill, the bicounty study with Durham, and the newly established recycling office are all signs of the shift away from the "bury it and forget about it" mentality that has characterized solid waste policy for so long. The OCSWTF is proud to have been part of that effort. At our meeting on April 27, 1987 we concluded that the work of the OCSWTF was complete for the present. The two major unresolved solid waste issues that we identified are the search for alternative landfill sites and the development of a hazardous and toxic waste collection and disposal program for small generators. It is our understanding from Chapel Hill Public Works Director Bruce Heflin that development of a framework for reviewing alternative sites and an actual first cut at identifying these sites are included in the work to be conducted as part of the bicounty study. Development of a hazardous and toxic waste collection program will be investigated by the recycling coordinator over the next six months.