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two counties should be planning the preservation of the area together and that the impact of the proposed landfill could have on the area should be considered . Gordon commented that hopefully joint planning would not be limited to environmental issues because, joint planning is needed in the area of urban sprawl . Kohorn asked if the CFE should be looking at our concerns with Little River as it is in Orange County noting that there are different time lines at work . Jurgelski asked what environmental impact study had been done . Crissler added that it was her understanding that Blair Pollock said a study was on going . Kohorn asked if the CFE was interested in contributing to preservation issues such as preservation of the fresh water mussels . Okun stated a concern for management of long term maintenance of the site . Stancil suggested allowing staff to draft something for j oint planning on the Little River corridor to be presented at the next meeting . The commission discussed that time would be up for the current C &D site next summer and that enlargement of that site would require condemnation of land , which is not acceptable by the BOCC . The commission talked about ways of regulating who may use the C &D site to only Orange County citizens and builders and the advantages of having a C &D site . Kohorn asked if the CFE wanted to take any action at this time . Gordon noted that the county has the responsibility to see that mixed solid waste is disposed of, the county does not have the same responsibility for a C &D waste . The other one is closing next summer . Rafalow stated he felt obligated to do some j oint environmental planning with Durham County . It is clear that environmental issues do not stop at political borders . Stancil suggested to let staff prepare something based on what you ' ve said and bring it back to the October meeting, knowing that some of this may have taken care of itself by then . Stancil stated his assumption was that the CFE still wants to talk about joint planning whether the landfill goes through or not, as there are other issues in the Little River corridor . Rafalow suggested that it could be simple motion such as we think the county ought to enter joint planning agreements for managing environmental impacts in the Little River Basin . Fortmann noted there was no reason to restrict it to the Little River Basin . It should include Chatham County , Durham County , Alamance County, and Person County and there is no reason to rush that resolution, as it has no impact on the C &D site . Because it is Orange County that is responsible for the site , not Durham County . Last updated 09/29/99 7