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per month (Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, CESQGs) to have access to Orange County's Program for fee-based disposal of commercial hazardous waste. In August of 2005, the. BOCC approved an addendum to the original contract allowing for the expansion of program hours from four days per week to six days per week, and also allowing for an additional two year term. Effective July 1, 2006, as part of the BOCC approved FY 2006-2007 budget for the Department of Solid Waste Management, the County began to provide free CESQG collection service to eligible Orange County based businesses and institutions. The Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) was consulted regarding the proposed policy to begin accepting CESQG wastes and was supportive of including it in the department's proposed FY 2006-2007 budget. The decision to recommend that the County begin to pay to manage CESQG wastes was based on the desire to increase the diversion of the hazardous materials generated by this sector, and was also based on feedback from the business and non-profit communities regarding the fee-based CESQG program and their poor response to and low participation in the fee-based program. Response to the free CESQG service offered since July 1, 2006 has been positive. Through the end of April 2007, 159 CESQG participants have delivered 33,835 pounds of commercial hazardous waste to the CESQG Program. For the full year of FY 2006- 2007, it is projected that 195 participants will deliver just over 46,000 pounds of commercial hazardous waste for a projected annual cost of $27,950. This is 14% of the overall program budget that is projected to spend $200,000 this fiscal year. This proposed addendum engages ECOFLO for the two-year extension through June 2009 allowed for in the addendum approved two years ago, and it also clarifies language governing the acceptance of CESQG wastes at no cost to the generator. The proposed addendum further allows the County to negotiate with ECOFLO in order to expand the hazardous waste collection program to include additional collection locations if desired. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total projected cost of this contract for FY 2007-2008 is $219,600. This amount is included in the proposed Solid Waste Management Departmental Budget. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the Household Hazardous Waste Contract Addendum with ECOFLO Inc. and authorize the Chair to sign the contract addendum, subject to final review. by staff and the County Attorney.