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B. se of C&D rec clip facilities outside the Oran e Coun Land tll. Mixed construction waste recycling facilities aze being developed in our region. Waste Industries, Inc. is developing one at their permitted Land Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID) facility in Durham where they will be able to remove recyclable wood wastes and other materials from what is delivered before they landfill the inert fraction. DH Griffin Wrecking is developing a mixed C&D waste separation facility in Raleigh that will likely be operational by the end of this calendar year. If a contractor is using Waste Industries or other owner of a C&D recycling facility as its hauler and/or states that they aze hauling materials to a licensed recycling facility such as DH Griffin or Waste Industries, and that facility can demonstrate it is meeting a level of recycling and waste removal equal to that which would occur from compliance with the County's source separation-ordinance, then hauling ofmixed materials to those type facilities could be permitted. A question then arises if a contractor states he is going to use an out-of--county mixed C&D waste recycling facility, must the permitted facility have exactly the same rules and list of recycled materials as Orange County or would an equivalent be sufficient if the facility could demonstrate that it met the same level of diversion and recycling as Orange County? Acceptance by Orange County of use of out- of-county recycling facilities that do not recycle the same materials as in Orange County as an alternative in the ordinance, would require inspection and/or certification of those facilities by Orange County, acceptance of the certification of such facilities by another party such as the State of North Carolina, the County in which the facility is located, or certification by an independent auditor. It should be noted that GS 130A-309.09D requires "...the owner or operator of a privately owned or operated municipal solid waste management facility shall not knowingly dispose of any type or farm of municipal solid waste that is generated within the boundaries of a unit of local government that by ordinance: (1) Prohibits generators or collectors of municipal solid waste from disposing of that type or form of municipal solid waste. (2) Requires generators or collectors of municipal solid waste to recycle that type or form of municipal solid waste." In the table below aze two options for requiring or not requiring source-sepazation before transporting regulated recyclable materials to out-of--county recycling facilities. Table 3 Use of Out-of-County C&D Recycling Facilities: Option Advantages Disadvantages 1. Require complete separation No judgment calls about whether of regulated re clable other facilities are meeting Orange materials before removal from Co. waste ordinance standards if Orange County, regardless of source sep. and hauling still May inhibit development of alternative facilities that can readily meet the sarn percentage as Orange Co. but recyclint different mix of materials