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Triangle Region Solid Waste Planners Committee Household Hazardous Waste October 28, 1993 locations. This would allow personnel to substitute for or assist one another if necessary. Coverage could minimize disruptions caused by illness,vacation,jury duty, or other absences from work. c. Screening and Collection of Waste The '1'RSWPC expects local government personnel to survey participants and check for proof of residency within each local government's service area. Laidlaw recommends that the local governments agree to allow residents to utilize any of the collection facilities, with each host community tracking participation by residency and billing other local governments on a pro-rated basis for use by their residents. This approach provides maximum convenience for residents of the entire area, and also helps to fulfill the local governments' desire to not simply "turn away" a participant and risk improper disposal of waste. Laidlaw offers each local government to option of either utilizing government staff, trained by Laidlaw, to receive, screen, and segregate incoming wastes, or to utilize a "turn key" program where Laidlaw personnel operate the collection facility. Please see the Cost section of this Proposal. In either case, waste screening and collection will be similar. Laidlaw recommends that participants remain in their vehicles and allow trained site staff to review the waste and remove it from the vehicle. Participants will be questioned to assure that they are eligible residents, that the presented materials are from households rather than small businesses, and that there are no unacceptable materials. Leaking, damaged, unlabelled, or potentially shock sensitive/explosive materials can be addressed immediately. When personnel suspect that wastes are not from a household, the appropriate local government representative will be notified and site staff will proceed as directed. Laidlaw offers '1'RSWPC communities the option of a Cooperative Commercial Services Program. A Cooperative Commercial Services program would provide convenient, cost effective hazardous waste management for small businesses and is described in more detail in the Comments and Suggestions portion of this Proposal. d. Waste Identification/Packaging Local government personnel (or Laidlaw personnel in turn key programs) will perform initial waste identification and segregation. Laidlaw's procedures, which will be taught to government personnel, are designed to minimize the number of materials which are unidentified. Laidlaw will attempt to identify received unknowns through on-site analysis, supplemented by off-site laboratory analysis if necessary. Local government personnel may perform limited packaging in accordance with their training, but Laidlaw personnel will be responsible for packaging, document preparation, transportation, and treatment, disposal, or recycling of all hazardous materials. It is anticipated that many wastes will be lab- packed. If pumping, pouring, or bulking is required, grounding and explosion proof equipment will be used if appropriate. For both lab-pack and bulk packaging, all containers Laidlaw Environmental Services 5