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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 21, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5-D <br />SUBJECT Amendments to Regulated Recyclable Material Ordinance (First Readinq) <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management) PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />County Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />3/16/06 Solid Waste Director Memo Gayle Wilson, 919-968-2885 <br />Ordinance w/Proposed Amendments Geof Gledhill, 919-732-2196 <br />PURPOSE: To consider and approve, on first reading, suggested amendments to the <br />Regulated Recyclable Material Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: In December 2001, the BOCC adopted the Regulated Recyclable Material <br />Ordinance (RRMO) requiring the recycling of targeted materials (wood, metal, and cardboard <br />and other such "Regulated Material"), the permitting of construction projects (coordinated with <br />municipal Inspections Departments within the County), the licensing of waste haulers, and the <br />Certification of mixed recycling facilities. The effective date of enforcement was October 1, <br />2002. <br />In 2004, the Board adopted amendments to the RRMO including amendments to the <br />certificatian of recycling facilities section to clarify that the ordinance is in no way directing the <br />flow of waste to specific facilities, etc, and to require the numbering and identification of <br />Regulated Material waste containers. <br />After additional experience administering the RRMO, the Orange County Solid Waste staff has <br />determined, in cooperation with the County Attorney, that several further revisions and <br />clarifications to the Ordinance are desirable and necessary.. These changes are designed to <br />better inform those affected by the enforcement of the ordinance and to clarify questions that <br />have arisen since the last amendments to the ordinance were made, These changes include: <br />A clarification that a certification issued to a recycling facility is assignable to a new owner <br />• An addition of an ordinance-mandated monthly reporting requirement for certified recycling <br />facilities <br />A clarification that licensed haulers must provide an annual report and specifics of the report <br />• An addition that indicates the responsibilities of the Solid Waste enforcement staff in regards <br />to granting and renewing licenses of collectors of Regulated Material <br />An addition that specifies the method to notify a Regulated Materials permit holder of a <br />violation and an opportunity to cure and/or to revoke a Regulated Materials permit <br />• An addition that specifies the appeals process for those collectors who have had their <br />license revoked <br />