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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board April 2, 2009 Approved May 7, 2009 the waste . As it has been pointed out in previous discussion you are looking at a situation in [which] the 500 to 1000 tons / day range would be the threshold . There again you would have to have a regional partner involved and accept out-of-county waste if you are trying to eliminate the need for a transfer station. The operation must be within the breakeven window . Another aspect would be that the county would have to be willing to pay a higher disposal cost than what you would see for out-of- county landfill disposal . It is generally accepted with the capacity that exists as far as landfills are concerned that is going to be the cheapest alternative for a period of time particularly when you are looking at $100 ton . The implementation of a facility is going to take a longer period of time, which is in the 15 - 20 year range if it is aggressively pursued . One option that is of interest and has been discussed is how the University fits into this . Is there a possibility that they might provide an option? Looking at the current landscape you will be competing against private sector landfill disposal capacity . When you go through the economics where is that breakeven point? if you compare the private sector cost and those cost included the off route cost as well as the tip fee then you compare that against the transfer station. The breakeven point occurs in 10 - 12 years . When you look at the available options, those available options are apparently and seem to be beyond that period of time . If you back up to the WtE and you want to be more optimistic about that, the things you would want to consider is to eliminate the need for a transfer station you will have to site the facility in Orange County as discussed . One thing that hashh t been discussed is waste flow control to make sure you have the waste stream to support that facility . One other question [is] raised by Mr . Vickers of how would these alternative compare to Eubanks Rd . The difference in cost is off route cost of taking the waste to Hwy 54 . You see the same general trends as the other alternatives . Tipton states that you show 15 -20 years for the University and I need to make clear that the University doesn t have a time frame and in no way has a crystal ball of how long it may take . Public Comments Hauser states that for the record we don t believe that this report accurately reflects the costs . We do think that any methodologies and assumptions can be used to come up with the answer you want to come up with . This methodology was designed to favor 54 . The volumes that were used were not consistent with the county reports . The models that were used for estimating were based on current operations not an operation for long distance . The distances are not consistent between the Towns e . g . Chapel Hill and Carrboro are shown having the same distance to 54, actually Chapel 11