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s.. 2 s Prepared by Landfill Owners' Group June 25, 1992 This report attempts to answer questions recently posed by the three elected boards which own the Orange County Landfill concerning the search for a site for a new landfill. In addition, a review of the search process is included. Search Process In October, 1989, the Landfill Owners' Group presented to the governing bodies a recommendation for a process to follow to search for a new site for the next landfill. The process was designed to provide public participation in the search and to provide sound technical recommendations. The first step in the search process was the selection of the volunteer Landfill Search Committee. Volunteers were solicited from throughout the county, and .13 members were selected, including: one from each of the seven townships in the county, one selected by each of the three local governments, and three at- large. The township and at -large representatives were selected by the Owners' Group. Concurrently, the Owners' Group selected an engineering consultant. The consultant was selected after a lengthy national solicitation. The successful proposing firm was Joyce Engineering, with offices in West Virginia, Virginia, and Greensboro. They are working in conjunction with Bain, Palmer and Associates, geologists with offices in Greensboro and Hillsborough. The search process began in April, 1990. The process is designed to proceed from general to specific levels of information concerning prospective areas and then sites. The entire county was initially screened on the basis of particular selection criteria to identify areas which could potentially host a landfill. These areas were then scrutinized on the basis of ranking criteria to determine their relative suitability for use as a landfill. The next step after ranking was identification of additional information to be reviewed and to be applied to a smaller number of sites.. After this review, the number of sites was further reduced, to four. These remaining candidate sites are to be closely examined, including on -site reviews and drilling to produce geohydrological information and preliminary designs. The next step will be the sorting of this information and recommendation by the Committee to the Landfill Owners' Group of one or two sites. The Owners' Group will then recommend a site to the three governing bodies.