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.., <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 4, 2000 <br />Action A en <br />Item No. - <br />SUBJECT: Addendum to Existin A regiment for Removal of Scra Tires <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Gontract Addendum (p. 3-5) <br />June 1993 Tire Recycling Agreement, as <br />amended (p. 6-10) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director <br />96$-2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a two year extension of the Solid Waste Department <br />agreement with U.S. Tire Recycling, L.P, for removal of waste tires at the Orange County <br />Landfill. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1989, the North Carolina General Assembly approved Senate Bill 111, <br />which provided far sweeping changes in the ways that solid waste would be managed <br />throughout North ,Carolina from that point forward. Among many other elements of that <br />legislation was the implementation of a comprehensive scrap tire disposal program. There <br />were several changes to funding for the program in the early 1990s, ,but since then, State law <br />and regulations have generally included the levying of a 2% tax on the purchase of each new <br />tire in North Catalina (the percentage levy is smaller an some larger, more expensive.tires). <br />Each county receives a portion of the revenue accumulated through this State-administered tax <br />to offset the casts of disposing of scrap tires received at each county's solid waste facilities. <br />The law prohibits counties from charging far tire disposal at a county landfill, except far out-af- <br />state generated tires, tires originating from illegal tire dumps, or tires in excess of 4 per trip that <br />originate from a single residence (although in practice, we will allow up to 8 tires from a <br />resident). <br />Revenue received quarterly by Orange County, in addition to the $100/ton tire fee revenue from <br />the tires that are exempt from free disposal, typically covers the cost of disposing of scrap tires. <br />Scrap tine grants are available if scrap tire management expenses exceed revenues and <br />reimbursements. In FY1999-00, the County received 1,232 tons (approximately 120,000) of <br />tires for disposal. <br />U.S. Tire Recycling, L.P. has been providing tire recycling at the Orange County Landfill since <br />July 1993 under an agreement with the Town of Chapel Hill, which until April 2000 managed <br />solid waste activities far the County and the municipalities. The proposed addendum to the <br />