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20 <br />CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION ( "C &D ") AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE <br />("MSW") LANDFILLS <br />A. County shall maintain financial, regulatory and environmental responsibility for operations, <br />closure, and for post - closure maintenance /monitoring, of Orange County's C & D and MSW <br />Landfills. <br />B. County shall, pursuant to the terms of its agreement with the University of North Carolina at <br />Chapel Hill, monitor the operation and performance of the University Landfill Gas Recovery <br />System. <br />C. Towns and County will, in support of the solid waste enterprise fund, direct C &D waste from <br />projects where local government funding is utilized, including school construction and <br />renovation, to the Orange County C &D Landfill. <br />Towns and County will, in support of the solid waste enterprise fund, deliver white <br />goods /appliances, vegetative wastes and scrap metal and other materials as agreed on in the <br />future, to County recycling facilities <br />D. -owns and County will establit- ipping fees annually as part of the County budget <br />process, may include some portion of the fee to apply to C &D closure and post - closure <br />costs, and shall become effective on July 1 of a given year. <br />Tipping fees (if any) shall be established annually as part of the County budget process and <br />become effective on July 1; County Manager's fee recommendations will be available to parties <br />to Interlocal Agreement no later than May 1 and Solid Waste Director's fee recommendations <br />will be available to parties to Interlocal Agreement no later than April 1 (County will respond to <br />inquiries earlier if fee recommendations are available) <br />III. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ( "MSW ") COLLECTION AND TRANSFER <br />A. Towns and County will maintain authority and responsibility, financial and environmental, for <br />MSW collected and transferred within their respective jurisdictions. <br />B. Any party to this agreement that plans, sites, and develops a waste transfer station shall <br />entertain participation by other parties to this agreement subject to payment of prevailing <br />tipping fees as established by the relevant governing body. Should they participatf: fees <br />shall be established annually as part of the regular budget approval process and become <br />effective on July 1 of a given year. <br />Should the County or a Town (or Towns) plan, site and develop a waste transfer station the <br />Agreement may be amended if necessary to clarify access, etc. <br />C. County will maintain, operate, and fund Solid Waste Convenience Centers that accept <br />residentially generated MSW, C &D, bulky waste, recyclable materials, etc. for the use and <br />benefit of all County and Town residents. <br />