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DRAFT <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION INDICATING THE INTENT NOT TO SITE A NEW MIXED SOLID <br />WASTE LANDFILL IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />2 <br />WHEREAS, Orange County manages a landfill that accepts mixed solid waste (MSW) <br />from residential and commercial waste generators in Orange County and its <br />municipalities: and <br />WHEREAS, the current MSW landfill's capacity is expected to be exhausted by late <br />2006 ar early 2007; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners remains committed to the <br />achievement of a goal of 61 percent per capita waste reduction by the year 2006 <br />through aggressive recycling, reduction, and diversion efforts; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has previously signaled that it <br />intends to explore alternatives to in-County landfilling to deal with residual ,waste <br />materials that cannot be recycled or reused; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners does hereby formally establish its intent not to pursue the siting of a <br />new mixed solid waste landfill in Orange County to replace the current MSW landfill <br />when it reaches capacity. <br />This, the 13t" day of February, 2001. <br />