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Key Issues <br />1. Demolition Waste <br />Demolition waste represrnts a signiGcav[ eowce ofwvod and metal, botfi recyclable <br />materWa. However, sepaza6on is a great deal mom difficult. The ordinance fle proposed, <br />makes no distinction ofdemohtlon waste, per ee; woad and muel muse still be recycled iP <br />Geeafeotdamivauts. But the Waste Would not be wvsidcrcd Gccef camflminmts ifit "is <br />attached m othermuletial in a way that it ie not rcesonaM1ly possible to separate"The <br />resW[ will bethet amde arjoiets with tile, plaster, drywall, sheetlsing, or ending (possibly <br />painted witM1 lead-based paint) would not be possible m sepvate. A limited amomt of <br />"jvdgamrn[call"at the landfill isuanvoidnble. Wearc conbdwt 0.at most situations will <br />he obvious and mcm will not be cvnunuivg controverry ovcc eound field pammatars ere <br />establisbad. <br />The CffiD Recycling Task Foree reootumrndadov H30 was `Promote daconstmafion." <br />TM ordinance contains a provision Gat dcmofition projecv: for slmctwes thaz have not <br />bwu wudcnmed may be delayed up to 60 days 1'or the Depervneut to perform <br />mrnis of"whether and [o what cxtavt [fie matenale iv the shacmrc... comiet of <br />mgdated reoyoleble mateusl" that should be aepmated ¢vd rrnycled. <br />2 Co I dR 1' F 'fit' <br />Builders may chore m use comudugled recycling fardlities, bypaeaiug the eovrce <br />separation rcgvirm~rnq but these facilities must be certifed amruelly by Orange County <br />aM held [o at least the same recycling standard as we achieve. To do othawiee would <br />allow avoidance ofthe xecycfingrequiremcnt and inedvedently eraamage sbifting of <br />wosmou[ of [ha Ceunty Facilltice will fiaveto either. l) reoyole flt least ell the matmals <br />regulated in Orange Couny, or 2) meet a documented 30/ rxycling cafe of all waevc <br />mcy acgepp omu that inert debris (buck, black, eonmete; eaphalS earth), m be certified. <br />As owprogmm mebuee and eclti<ves higfru diveraiou rafts, the ata~tlard can be raised. <br />lLia ordivmce fwmre will be adaptable to otlser types o£MaleriW Recevery FaciG[irs in <br />the eva¢t the 115[ of Reymle[ed Recyclable Mazwials glows Into otharwaste streams. <br />3 Licensin¢nfHeulem <br />Hm~lam of C&D waste wilLhava ono omnibus license and reglaza each oPfie velGCles <br />wrier it. Vialaliorvs aftbe ordiwrce iucmred in any mgisterN vehicle subjects the <br />oompany'a license to thh euspersiov and tevocativvprovieiena <br />4 C&D t1a MSW' <br />3omp metal, pelles, and enrrugazed emVboazd from she aormnuciW waste erceam will ba <br />evbjacl to Ibermyeliug requirement. Wbile llds epproechwill cegsirza a signiGemt <br />commercial recycWSg edvcafiov affen, i[ is the only way to avoid themgwabh; situatiev <br />