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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 6, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X-D <br /> SUBJECT: Dumping Of Waste - Multiflora Greenhouses, Inc. <br /> DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 8/22/94 N.C.DEHNR Notice Of Wilbert McAdoo Ext. 2625 <br /> Violation <br /> 8/30/94 Orange Regional Landfill TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Letter Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To report on progress to date on consultation with the <br /> owner of Multiflora Greenhouses on a plan of action <br /> for cleaning up improperly dumped waste. <br /> BACKGROUND: Multiflora Greenhouses, Inc. was issued a Notice of <br /> Violation by the North Carolina Department of <br /> Environment Health and Natural Resources, Division Of <br /> Solid Waste Management, for having a non conforming <br /> solid waste disposal site/open dump. The violation <br /> notice gives Multiflora a deadline of October 22, <br /> 1994, to come into compliance. The County' s Public <br /> Works Director and Economic Development Director, and <br /> the Orange Regional Landfill' s Solid Waste <br /> Administrator, met with the owner on site at <br /> Multiflora Greenhouses to assess the dumping and <br /> assist the owner in disposing of the improperly dumped <br /> waste. The assessment revealed that the owner is <br /> responsible for all costs and arrangement for the <br /> clean up operation. <br /> Gayle Wilson, Orange Regional Landfill Administrator, <br /> has outlined the following two options for preparing <br /> and delivering of the waste to the landfill for <br /> disposal: <br /> OPTION 1: Separate the material into segregated waste <br /> piles. One would contain yard waste material, <br /> including dirt and clean wood waste. The owner can <br /> spread the clean dirt and avoid some cost for <br /> transportation and disposal. The landfill fee for <br /> this material is $5.00 per ton. The other remaining <br /> materials consisting of plastics, paper, etc. , can be <br />