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45 <br />Phase II - Facilitation Efforts for Demonstration Facility13 <br />In July 2006, the County further advanced its efforts to facilitate development of a <br />conversion technology demonstration facility. The approach was multi - disciplined, <br />including environmental analysis and constructability. Key Phase II study areas <br />included: <br />• An independent evaluation and verification of the qualifications of selected <br />technology suppliers and the capabilities of their conversion technologies; <br />• An independent evaluation of candidate MRF /TS sites, to determine suitability <br />for installation, integration and operation of one of the technologies; <br />• A review of the required permits to facilitate the project; <br />• Identification of funding opportunities and financing means; <br />• Identification of potential county incentives (i.e., supporting benefits) to <br />encourage facility development amongst potential project sponsors; and <br />• Negotiation activities to assist parties in developing project teams and a <br />Demonstration project. <br />The report described progress to date on Phase II, and represented a culmination of <br />approximately one year of work conducted by the County. Five companies were <br />issued Request for Offers (RFO) early in 2008 for a demonstration to be constructed <br />at any one of four sites by the selected vendor. The five conversion technology <br />suppliers considered and their corresponding technologies offered were: Arrow <br />Ecology utilizing anaerobic digestion; Changing World Technologies utilizing thermal <br />depolymerization; International Environmental Solutions utilizing pyrolysis; <br />Interstate Waste Technologies utilizing pyrolysis /gasification; and Ntech <br />Environmental utilizing gasification. Five materials recovery facilities (MRF) were <br />considered for partnering with the technology supplier. Only one MRF, Community <br />Recycling /Resource Recovery, Inc. MRF, is located in L.A. County. The Perris <br />MRF /Transfer Station and the Robert A. Nelson Transfer Station and MRF (RANT) are <br />located in Riverside County. Del Norte Regional Recycling and Transfer Station is <br />situated in Ventura County and the Rainbow Disposal Co. Inc MRF is in Orange <br />County. <br />Phase III - Evaluation and Presentation of Request for Offers <br />Phase III of the project is expected to be finalized by the end of 2008. At the time of <br />this report, the County had received several offers, with a deadline of August 15, <br />2008 for receipt. It appears that Changing World Technologies is no longer <br />participating and that the County is mostly working to locate these projects in <br />privately owned MRFs in Riverside and Orange counties. Phase III will include the <br />evaluation of these offers and the presentation of the results to the Board. Phase IV <br />of the project will begin in 2009. <br />13 ibid. <br />GBB/C08027 -01 16 August 15, 2008 <br />