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<br /> Comprehensive Review of
<br /> S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options
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<br />7.1.5 Summary of Transfer Station Development, Construction,
<br />and Operations Costs
<br />Exhibit 7-7 presents a summary of the estimated costs to develop, operate, close, and provide for
<br />post-closure care for the Town-only and regional transfer station scenarios. This exhibit
<br />demonstrates the importance of economies of scale in developing and operating a transfer
<br />station. As depicted in the exhibit, operating a Town-only transfer station would be more costly
<br />on a dollar per ton basis than operating a regional transfer station. This is attributed to the
<br />economies of scale achieved by accepting greater waste quantities, while also sharing investment
<br />of capital costs with a neighboring municipality or recovering a portion of the capital costs
<br />through tip fees assessed to the neighboring municipality.
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<br />Note that Exhibit 7-5 and Exhibit 7-6 include the amortized costs for equipment as an annual
<br />operating cost (refer to item 3 – Transfer Station Equipment Debt Service); whereas, Exhibit 7-7
<br />itemizes the equipment debt service costs separately. Also, note that the total estimated annual
<br />operating costs and per ton operating costs in Exhibit 7-5 and Exhibit 7-6 are presented in current
<br />dollars whereas the values presented in Exhibit 7-7 are in FY 2014-15 dollars to coincide with
<br />anticipated commencement of transfer station operations.
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<br />Exhibit 7 -7. Summary of Estimated Transfer Station Costs
<br />Town-Only
<br />Transfer Station
<br />Regional
<br />Transfer Station
<br />Cost Item Estimate Annual Cost $/ton Estimate Annual Cost $/ton
<br />Pre-Development Cost, $$630,000 $49,000 --$630,000 $49,000 --
<br />Total Capital Construction Cost, $$1,749,000 $137,000 $11.76 $2,271,000 $167,000 $9.62
<br />Equipment Cost, $$276,000 $49,000 $3.10 $276,000 $49,000 $2.18
<br />Annual Operations Cost, $/year $325,000 $20.56 $442,000 $19.69
<br />Annual Haul Costs, $$160,000 $10.12 $246,000 $10.96
<br />Annual Disposal Costs, $$637,143 $40.30 $904,735 $40.30
<br />Annual Costs, $$1,357,143 $85.84 $1,857,735 $82.75
<br />Tonnage (2015)15,810 22,450
<br />Break Even Tip Fee, $/ton $85.84 $82.75
<br />7.1.6 Identified Target Destination Landfills
<br />SCS reviewed several published resources to develop a list of viable target destination landfills
<br />for the ultimate disposal of waste processed through this new transfer station evaluation
<br />including the “Directory of Non-hazardous Waste Sites-2011” compiled by the Waste Business
<br />Journal and cross-referenced to the listing of solid waste facilities currently permitted by
<br />NCDENR. The Waste Business Journal Directory provided an electronically sortable list of
<br />facilities for North Carolina and surrounding states which included pertinent information such as:
<br /> Facility type (i.e., landfill, transfer station, MRF, etc.);
<br /> Facility address;
<br /> Owner/operator description (i.e., public or private);
<br /> Contact information;
<br /> Facility permit number;
<br /> Daily average throughput (tons per day);
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