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$ <br /> • <br /> - 22 <br /> equipment. The net present value of this technology expressed as a tip fec <br /> could not be determined because costs associated with transportation and <br /> utilization as a supplemental fuel are unknown due to a lack of a market <br /> within the two county area. <br /> A regional compost/landfill facility would be designed using in-vessel <br /> technology to process about 1200 tons per day of non-recycled solid waste. <br /> Additional processing capacity would be incorporated on a regular basis in <br /> response to the growth of the waste stream. HER estimates that a regional <br /> composting plant would require a total site size of about 150 acres <br /> immediately adjacent to a disposal landfill having a total site size of <br /> about 400 to 500 acres. This land requirement does not include provisions <br /> for a recycling processing and storage facility or a iegional yardwaste <br /> composting and brush chipping facility which would add another 150 acres tc <br /> the size of the site were they to be sited at the same location. The <br /> development.of a regional composting facility will have to address <br /> mitigation measures for odors. <br /> • HER estimates that the initial cost of construction for a regional <br /> composting plant would be about $25 to $30 million (in 1988 dollars) and <br /> -Wculd-costtatrout115 to $20 per ton to operate. Ilhe.net.present value of <br /> the conibined cost of the compost facility and compost landfill expressed as <br /> a tip fee is expected to vary between $35 and $50 per ton. The Combined <br /> capital costs and net present value of individual composting projects in <br /> each county is expected to be comparable to a single regional facility. <br /> These costs are based on burial of all composted material. Were a <br /> significant portion of the composted waste to be diverted from the compost <br /> ES - 12 <br />