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7 LCID recycling facility could be operated at a profit for the Landfill Fund and offer producers of landclearing debris a reasonably priced, local alternative to burning and landfilling. • Having the materials ground on-site and hauled away by private contractors to a permitted landfill(or recycling facility) would cost an estimated$9,000411,000 per acre (assuming no tipping fee is charged at the destination and the acreage is only moderately dense). On-site grinding and hauling to an LCID landfill/recycling facility with a $5-$6 1ton tipping fee would cost an estimated$11,000413,000. Grinding materials on site and leaving the mulch in place would cost an estimated$6,500-$8,000 per acre. • It has been estimated that for a private contractor to load and haul landclearing debris to an LCID landfill/recycling facility, including$5-$6 1ton tipping fee, could cost$7,000-$9,000 1acre. • Does not preclude some governmental financial assistance/subsidy, however, if the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund is to provide the subsidy, it is likely that the subsidy must be available to the community at—large (developers). Staff, based on previous County Attorney statements, believes the fund cannot differentiate. • If a subsidy is to be offered only to agriculture community, a clear definition or method of identifying legitimate farming operations must be developed and applied, and a non-Solid Waste Management Fund source of funding must be identified. Staff believes this could be done by establishment of appropriate criteria. 3. County could mobilize Solid Waste Management Department staff/equipment to farms and grind the landclearing materials on-site. Description: This option assumes that the Solid Waste Management Department will utilize equipment already planned to be acquired as part of C&D recycling activities related to the adoption of the RRMO, plus additional equipment and staffing necessary to provide mobile, on-site grinding operations. Key Issues: • Consistent with BOCC interest in actively promoting and supporting the agriculture community in Orange County. • Notwithstanding some of the issues noted below, the Solid Waste Management Department could provide this on-site service to the agriculture community and, if necessary, the development community. • Large wood waste grinder(weighing approx. 125,000 lbs., including tractor and trailer) exceeds many rural state bridge%ulvert weight limits. • Many farms would have entrances or culverts unable to support size and weight of equipment. • Performing this service on private property may involve liability issues. • Equipment could not be mobilized in damp weather due to possibility of getting stuck or damaging farmland. Equipment already mobilized could be stranded until ground dries. • Due to limited storage space at the landfill for vegetative waste and clean wood waste waiting to be ground, the grinder would only be able to be away from the landfill mulching operation for brief periods of time (est.8-10 days max.). • Could inadvertently encourage landclearing if made too accommodating or inexpensive. • If Solid Waste Management Fund is to fund on-site operations for agriculture related landclearing, the Fund may be legally obligated to provide this service for the non-agriculture 5