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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November ], 2001 Action Agenda Item NO. ~-Q SUBJECT: Reg ulated Recyclable Materials ONinance DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste/COUnty Attorney PUBLIC NEARING: (yM) Ves ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson 968-2665 Summary Report David GhireNelli 96&2]88 Draft OMinence Geof Gletlhill, ]32-2198 11/01/015olid Waste Director Memo TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough ]328181 Chapel Hill 9884691 Durham fi88-]331 Mebane 336-22]-2831 PURPOSE: To receive public comment regartling the tlraft Regulated Recyclable Matedals Ordinance currently being consideretl by the BgaN of County Commissioners, BACKGROUND: In August 2000, the Constuction entl Demolition (C8D) Recycling Task Farce submitted its float report to the eoartl of County Commissioners. Theraport containeq mong other recommentlations, the recommendation that the County atlopt a mandatory recycling oMinance. The primary objective ofthie regulatory approach was to enceurage more responsible management of highly recyclable materials from the C&D waste stream entl [o tlivert these entl potentially other materials from landfill diapoael. At thefime. Orange County was involved in a search for a new censtmclign entl tlemolition lantlfill to replace fhe existing facility, which is expected to reach capacdy in 2002. The difficulty of siting a new CSD landfill in Orenge County provided an adddional impetus for the ortlinance in that it reflects a desire to make any new such facility last as long as possible by tliversion of selected materiels. The purpose of the proposetl ortlinance is to regulate both recyclable C&D materials and potentially other materiels in [he waste stream by keeping those materials from being landfilled and requiring[haRhey be separetetl for recycling insteatl. While the oNinance is not specifically a C&0 recycling ortlinance, the initial focus of [he oNinence is on what are typically considered CfiD materiak-for example, untreetetl/unpeintetl wootl waste, wooden palle4, and scree metal. Cartlboard is also inclutletl. Other materials may be added in the future to the liat of regulated materials. The proposed ordinance regulates the on-site separation of [he regulated materials, requires Regulated Recyclable Materiel Permits tp be obtainetl along with the tratlificnal buildingldemolilicn permits, and the licensing of waste haulers that haul wastes that typically contain the regulated materials. Passage of the ordinance would si9nifican8y alter the ways in which construction and pemolition waste is managetl in Orenge County, and has the potential to