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T ~ ~~ 3 'I~ Memorantlum l'o: lohn Link, Cowty MwaBm Prom: Gayle Wilson, Solid Wazta Mwagemantllvector Subject Pretimivary Melysis-CO-operatim ofe Trapsfer Station and Cunmt Mucd Sold Waste landfill Date: September 5, 2001 The propose of this memorandum is ro provide prclimivsry analysis aW raise key issues pertaining m the wncept of constmcting and operazing a wlid waste hwsfm sfahon wultanmusly With opmatiov oftM current Lavdfill. Asapmt Of 6tafP6lmag tam cmuepmal solid wazteplasmhsg, avalysis ofdeveloping a trmsfer station idthe voMem Orange County has been considered in mr~wcdon x$M1 a feciliry to recycle Imd oleadvg mtl inert tlebns (LCID), as well as disastee debris ham 6[prm6 and Iloods. 11ds [sport discussc6 a votthcm Orovgo Cowty transfer station from thisjowt ficihty pampstive and hom a stand-alone facilitypersPedive. Raekernuod Earlier this year, the Board of QwBe Cowty Commissioners asksl smfflo examine the ending the constructlon and opemtiw solid waste hma[tt 6mtiov priorro closing the roman[ ImdNl. Staff has assumed the primary purpose ofupaalinK the tlaosfm etafiov would be io extend the life oftha current solidwazla landfill, yrajeaed new m be full in pY 2006-0]. There may also be othtt bmehts. Duwasion The key asswrptiou intlus report is that emh ton ofwaste transferred has the same volume as a con now landfllled. Thus ifone quarter ofthe county's sohd waste xarc hwsfeaed out of the wwry dm Wg thepaiod ofmalysis, land511 km would be extendW b}' 23% ofthe time remawng onto the trmsCa station opened. The other keyverieble woWd be when the vavsfa begns npvmiun. This awlysu is based on w azsnmption that a trmaftt station to manage only span of Yha courny's whd waztestream wuldba moll eRecvivdY sitwtednorth of]-SRethtt than adjoining or on the cutratlandfi0 site. Arsenate site wevld be primarily for serving the popWetipn mWboeinessce north of I-85 in Orange County, wNch cummtly must travel m Eubanks Road for disposal. Sieff malysie show that about 13,000 tons per yam ofMSW are genaamd from this pan of the cuumy which includes all ofCetlaz Grove and Liule River mwnshfp5 end gmgmphicelly, 60 0 of Cheeks township, 90% of Eno rowrehip, and 90°0 ofHilleborough toam6hip, including the town of klillsbomugh.