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_ ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : February 19 , 2002 <br /> Action Age rid a <br /> Item No . �f <br /> SU8JEDT : Alternatives to Open Burnin of Aq riculturel Lsndol earl n Debris <br /> DEPARTMENT : Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HF. ARiNG : ( YIN ) N� <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) ; INFORMATION CONTACT . <br /> 2111 /02 Solid Waste Director Memo Gayle Vlilsen , 968 - 2885 <br /> Air Curtain Burning Information <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS , . . . <br /> Hillsborough 732 - 8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968 - 4501 <br /> Durham 688 = 7331 <br /> Mebane 336 - 227 - 2031 <br /> PURPOSE : To tecejve a preliminary staff report , and to the extent possible , provide directiorn <br /> to staff to winnow down a list of possible cptiorns for alternatives to open burning of agricultural <br /> land clearing debris . <br /> BACKGROUND : On December 11 , 2001 , the BOCC adopted a regulated Recyclable <br /> Materials Ofdinanoe , which takes effect on July 1 , 2002 . The purpose of the ordinance is to <br /> regulate both recyclable construction and demolition ( C & D ) materials and potentially other <br /> materials in the waste stream by keeping those materials from being landfilled and requiring <br /> that thay bo sepafa# ed for recycling instead . While the ordinance is not spec ifiCal a C & D <br /> recuycling ordinance , the initial focus of the ordinance is on ghat are typically considered C & D <br /> materials - for example , untrrva, tedlunpainted wood waste , w oodern pallets , ind scrap metal . <br /> Cardboard is also included . Other materials may be added in the future to the list of regulated <br /> rr� aterials _ <br /> Prior to adopting the ordinance on Deloamber 11 the Board conducted a November 7 pub is <br /> hearing on the matter . Vhile adopting the ordinance , the Board asked staff to examine a <br /> number of points raised by citizens during the public hearing and other questions rai .c. ed by <br /> Cammissioners during consideration of the ordinance . Generally , conrns involve how best to <br /> balance interests in utilizing the Regulated recyclable Materials Ordinance to prohibit open <br /> burning Qf [ an dclearing debris wilth the desire not to place an unreasonabla burden cn the <br /> Orange County agricultural ccrrimunity . The accompanying merno from the Solid baste <br /> fdanagament [director outlines staffs assessment thus far of possible options , <br /> The ord in anoe adopted on December 11 differed from previous drafts in that i# temporarily <br /> e ,liminat� non - reusable wood waste from the definition of solid waste . That portion of the <br /> ord in anoe was th a bas is for most oon terns ra ised at (c r before ) the BOCC ' s November 7 p u b I i c <br /> Dearing on the proposed ordinance , as it would impact the agricultural communibl ' s landclearing <br /> activities , Separating the prohibition on burning of landclearing doebris alluwi� d the remainder of <br />