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• <br /> 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: 6/29/93 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item if Umar-IE <br /> SUBJECT: Out of County • <br /> Waste Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilbert McAdoo <br /> An Ordinance Restricting the Ext . 2627 <br /> Disposal of Solid Waste at the <br /> Orange County Landfill TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adoption of an ordinance which would restrict the <br /> Orange County Landfill from knowingly accepting waste generated outside <br /> of Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted a <br /> resolution on May 29 , 1992 prohibiting acceptance at the Orange <br /> County Landfill of solid waste generated outside of Orange County. <br /> On May 20 , 1993 the Landfill Owners ' Group adopted a resolution to <br /> recommend to the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners adoption of an ordinance prohibiting <br /> acceptance of solid waste generated outside of Orange County at <br /> the Orange County Landfill . The major advantage of use of an <br /> ordinance to establish a policy banning out of County waste at <br /> the Orange County Landfill are twofold. First , an ordinance presents <br /> the policy in legal terms and secondly, an ordinance provides the <br /> potential for use of sanctions or penalties for non-compliance. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends adoption of the ordinance <br /> restricting the disposal of solid waste at the Orange County <br /> Landfill . <br />