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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS M ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT ~O~ r+ Meegng Date: November ], 2001 Action Agentla Item No. SUBJECT: Reg ulatetl Recyclable Matedals Ordinance DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste/COUnty Adorney PUBLIC HEARING (V/N) Ves ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson 988-2885 Summary Report - David Ghirerdelli 968-2]88 Daft Odinance Geof Gletlhill, ]32-2196 11/01/01 Solitl Waste Director Memo TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough T32S181 Chapel Nill 9881601 Durham 8884331 Mebane 336-22)-2031 PURPOSE: To receive public wmment regartling the tlrek Regulatetl Recycable Materials Odinance wrtently being wnsitleretl by the Boam of County Commissioned. BACKGROUND: In August 2000, the Construction antl Demolition (C&0) Recycling Task Force submiked hs foal report to the Boartl of Gcunty Commissioners. The report contained, - among other recommentlatigns, the rewmmentlaticn that the County atlopt a mandatory recycling ordinance. The pdmary objective of this regulatory approach was to enwurage more responsible management of highly recyclable materials from fhe CSD waste stream and to divert these antl potentially other materials fromlantl011 disposal. At the time. Oange County was Involvetl in a search for a new consfruceon and demolition IaMfll to replace fhe ensting facility, which is expeMetl to reach rapacity In 2002. The tlilficulty of siting a new C6D lantlfll in Orenge County providetl an additional impetus for fhe odinance in that it reFlecta a tleaire to make any new such facility last as long as possible by tliversion of selecYetl materials. The purpose of the proposed ordinance islo regulate bath recyrAable C80 matedals antl potentialy other materials in the waste stream by keeping those materials from being landflletl and raquiringthat they be separated for recyclln9 insteatl. While the ortlinenca is not specifically a C&D recycling oNinanca, the initial focus of the ordinance Is on what are typically considered CSD matedals-for example, untreatetl/unpainletl wood waste, wooden pallets, end scrap metal CaNboartl is also inclutletl. Other materials may be atltled In the future to the list of regblatetl matedals. The proposed ordinance regulafea the on-site separation of the regulatetl matedals, requires Regulatetl Recyclable Material Permits to be obtainetl along wtth the tratlitionel building/demolition permits, and the licensing of waste haulers that haul wastes that typically contain theregulatetl materials. Passage of the ortlinance woultl signifcantly after the ways in which wnsiruction and tlemolition waste is managed in Orange County, and has the potential to