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ORANGE COUNTY <br />8OAR0 OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABBTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 11, 2001 <br />Acticn Agapda <br />Item No- y-Qi <br />SUBJECT: Regulatetl Recyclable Materials Ordinance <br />DEPARTMENT: Bolitl Waste Management I PUBLIC HEARING: (V/N) No <br />County Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />ONinance Drak #18 (p. 4-14) INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Public Headnq Follow-up Repod Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />(p. 15-1BJ Geoff Gledhill, ]32-2196 <br />November ]Public Hearing Agentla TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Materials (p. 19-29) Hillsborough ]32-8181 <br />2001-D2 Budge[ Backgrountl Materiels Chapel HIII 9684501 <br />re: Recycling Specialist Position Durham 688-]331 <br />(p. 30-32) Mebane 338.22]-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consitler adoption of the Regulated Recyclable Materials Ortlinance (RRMO). <br />BACKGROUND: Following a recommendation from the Consimction & Demolition Recycling <br />Task Force in August of 2000, several subsequent tliscussions by [he Boartl of Commissioners <br />and a Public Hearing on November ], 2001, the RRMO has been refried and modifetl to the <br />e#enf that staff believes it is now ready far foal consitleration by the Board. <br />Tha key motli0cation [o [he RRMO, in its current drak (#tfi), is the temporary elimination of <br />non-reusable wood waste from [he definition of splitl waste, which is the podion of the <br />oNinance that weultl impact the agriculture communitys landcleadng activities. This part of the <br />ordinance has bean the primary focal point of most of [he differences of opinion and <br />uncedainfies relatetl [o the RRMO in ifs previous form. The akached drak has been motlitietl <br />from the previous version, es related to open burning, as follows: <br />Type of DUrning Activity Prohibitetl <br />Drab 15 Prohibiretl <br />Dmft lfi <br />Consrcucdon or Demolition Debris Vu Ves <br />Household Garbs csud other MSW Ya Yea <br />Dcvcr~eat Cleasi Vea No <br />Fometry. Plantin oration <br />r No Nc <br />Fores .llnders[a <br />tltimin No Ne <br /> <br />A~ricuhure: Field residwls <br />No _ <br />No <br />A 'culture:Pmnmg back to kery farmroads clcaz No No <br />A 'culture: Clearbs trees for new eetmrmc_s/fclds_ Yes Na <br />Candace ipg: Armlgs,Brvsh end Leaves No No <br />