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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board December 9 , 2004 Approved January 6, 2005 Martin replies that it would be a plus . They will have to comply . It is a matter of time before a paper trail is required to track the clearing debris . Smith asks how many loads would Hillsborough, for example, need to make an efficient burn with this type of machine . Martin replies about 100 loads . Smith asks what in your opinion would it be detrimental for Hillsborough to go into this business ? Martin states that there areaa t too many good things to say about it . Norwood asks if there are OSHA issues ? How can you have such a large hole with a fire and not have something to keep people out? Martin states that when you do this at the end of the day the hole is covered . You can' t have protection around it because you are constantly loading the pit . Bowerman asks if this [burning] is to be done at the site you are clearing? Martin states that my intention in 1996 was to start a green waste recycling facility . It would be a facility in the northern part of the county where debris is brought and burned . Smith asks how far would you need to be from a house to do a burn? Martin replies 500 feet . Pollock states that Hillsborough has some regulations that does permit pit burning within the Town of Hillsborough . There is a 1000 ft limit . The question for the SWAB is do you want to move forward with any respect to this . Norwood asks that if it comes to you [Martin] wouldn' t you be competing with fees at the landfill ? Pollock states that we don' t get a lot of that type of debris because of the tipfee . Sassaman states that before we would get into any type of recommendation stage we would need to look at more detail and life cycle type costs . Whatever we do will need to be done in the context of the revised Solid Waste Management Plan . I ' ve worked with designing an incineration facility and I know that it can be done safely and 4