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13 State law and policy and local ordinance and additional criteria selected by the Search Committee. We believe that the 16 sites were properly chosen based upon those criteria. Using other criteria or re- examining all areas of the county with the existing criteria could yield additional properties. Advantages of. looking for additional sites could include the possibility that some new site could be found which would meet the county's needs. Disadvantages would include additional cost in terms of time and money to perform analysis on more properties; and generating citizen opposition in some new.areea or areas. 10. Do delays in the landfill selection process create any complications with the LOG'S contractual arrangements with Joyce Engineering? NOM 11. What experience does Joyce Engineering have in operating landfills elsewhere in the country? How many do they operate? Is there any consideration being given to contracting with Joyce to -loerate the next-orange County Landfill? Joyce Engineering operates one landfill in West Virginia, and has since 1983. Joyce provides operations management consulting services in Virginia and West Virginia. Joyce Engineering was selected by the Landfill Owners' Group to be our consultant after a lengthy process which included a national search, and several interviews. They were selected in part because the firm works only on landfills, including site selection, design and operation. We believed that a firm with landfill operating experience was desirable, insofar as operating experience can translate into superior design and selection ability. We have never discussed with any employee of Joyce Engineering the possibility that they might operate our landfill. We would expect the landfill to be operated by government staff. 12. What procedural stems remain in the landfill selection process-, and how quickly might they be completed, barring further unforeseen elements? The next step is to conduct the on -site testing of the four sites under active consideration. Following this step, the consultants would report to the Search Committee their findings, including information about depth and types of soils, depth to rock, depth to groundwater, direction of flow of groundwater, site characteristics. such as surface drainage, and information on how the site could be developed into a landfill. Conceptual engineering plans would be developed for the sites, which would include cost estimates and more exact estimates of useful life.