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7 We have no basis for making firm projections of waste reduction. Our most recent projections for the life of the current landfill include the reduced rate of growth of the waste stream in Orange County over the past three years. We have not assumed additional waste reduction. It is difficult to forecast population and economic growth and waste reduction with much accuracy. Our general goal has been to find a site with at least 20 -30 years' life and to try to extend that life through waste reduction and recycling for as many years as possible. The original goal of the landfill search was to find a site with 300 -500 total acres. This size was based upon current rates of waste prcJ'- zt_ion and assured average values (as calculated by the engineering consultants for landfills generally) for the variables discussed in #5, above. 7. Why are 1600 acres needed if we need onl 1 4 acres er ear? One site under consideration (OC -11) as shown on the site maps contains a total of 1643 acres. This total acreage refers to all of the property contained in all of the parcels which comprise the Potential landfill site. The area which is under consideration for a landfill comprises a total area of about 1100 acres, of which 350 -450 would contain a possible fill area. The actual potential useable acreage would be better determined after the on -site investigation by the consulting engineers and geologists. The site is listed as having 1643 acres since that represents the total acreage of all tracts, and possible division of individual tracts of land would be a point of negotiation for acquisition, and is not really within the purview of the consultants or the Search Committee. It is probable that if the selected site has substantially more acreage than is needed for the landfill itself, that we would recommend to the governing bodies that we attempt to acquire less acreage than that making up the entire tract. In addition, the four sites which are being actively considered by the Search Committee were chosen by the Committee through a process of elimination from the original list of 16 sites. Those 16 sites ranged in size from about 250 acres to about 1800 acres. As the Committee reduced the list of sites under active consideration, they cited the size of the eventual potential fill area as a criterion for setting aside smaller sites. When the consultants refined the maps of the sites, they began with the roughly defined potential areas on topographic maps and then identified actual tax map boundaries of actual parcels which comprised the potential sites. The originally drawn boundaries of site areas in some cases did not include the entire boundaries of a tract of land. The entire tracts are shown on the current site maps, and are included in the acreage calculated for each site.