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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 17, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. ~ - q SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Orange County's 3-Year Solid Waste Plan Update DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes ATTACHMENT(S): Draft Solid Waste Management Plan 3- Year Update (Under Separate Cover) 12/17/03 State Plan Components Memo Draft Resolution of Endorsement INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough Chapel Hill Durham Mebane 732-8181 968-4501 688-7331 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: Ta receive public comments on the 3-Year Update of Orange County's Solid Waste Management Plan. BACKGROUND: In 1997, the County and the three Towns adopted a solid waste management plan which included along-term waste reduction goal of 61 % per capita and a comprehensive plan for achieving that goal, Plan development was based on a previous multiyear process that involved a consultant assisting the governments and citizens' committee to develop three waste reduction scenarios from which the governments developed the plan framework in 1996. The resulting plan was further refined and submitted to the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources in 1997 as required by State statute, In addition to meeting the statutory requirement, the planning document also served as the County's guideline for future solid waste reduction planning and as a basis for projecting financial needs to meet those goals, In 2000, the plan was updated and the same goals and plan framework were reaffirmed, By the time the plan update was submitted, governance of solid waste had shifted from a structure wherein the Landfill Owners Group provided policy guidance and the Town of Chapel Hill managed daily operations to one in which Orange County was the lead agency with policy advice from the Solid Waste Advisory Board, All four governments in the County are still integrally involved in solid waste management and all formally supported the 2000 solid waste plan update, Orange County is now the lead agency relative to plan development and submission; however, the Towns also maintain a formal role in the plan approval process, A December 2003 memorandum to the BOCC describing the components of the plan is attached, The three-year update to the plan was due .June 30, 2003, however, Orange County requested and was granted an extension.