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<br />SECTION IV. CERTIFYING COMMINGLED RECYCLING FACILITIES- <br />I Any facility accepting regulated recyclable materials, commingled with other' solid waste <br />(hereafter "commingled regulated recyclable materials") originating from within Orange <br />County, must be certified as an approved Commingled Recycling Facility. Any person <br />wishing to dispose of commingled regulated recyclable materials originating from within <br />Orange County may only do so by delivery to a facility which has been certified as an <br />approved Commingled Recycling Facility. In order to be certified as an approved <br />Commingled Recycling Facility, the facility must make application for certification as an <br />approved Commingled Recycling Facility All applications must be accompanied by a <br />processing fee. The amount of the fee will be set by the Board annually with the adoption by <br />the Board of the annual budget ordinance of Orange County. The application must include <br />documentation that the applicant has: <br />A lid N t Carolina (1) Solid WLandfill, rn\ n.,, and n,,,,yeli,,,, i3\ SeW <br />Amended 3/16/04 1xr-Ste T. sf,er or (n)r,, ,t;., - ^^ ta,n <br />B. One of nee hnie°teparate-a d ffiar4Eet all these ma?ems <br />ordinanse to be reeyeled by uri" <br />(2) e v , ?noi 77 e Faej}iby <br />? a <br />t,. Inert debris sr+ hall tv °;'cvln.icy ude`1 Grv..n thp, niite.;m.,l acc: te..«.,-m tl. <br />acccpr?m-o a-r?-n .,--rrn,?,s d-and -rl-mme <br />..d,..: i o7cicc? .. kd-m"cm%-?s?c?Tr+b A, h.,nYer'f-s-naanee-e ivaim'?: <br />a?aaccrrari'c <br />A one of the following valid state permits issued by the state where the facility is <br />located to which Regulated Recyclable Material is to be delivered (1) Solid Waste <br />Landfill (2) Processing and Recycling (3) Solid Waste Transfer, or (4) <br />Composting Facility permit to operate; and <br />B. one of the following: <br />(1) a documented performance of separating and marketing all those materials <br />required by this ordinance to be recvcled demonstrated by twelve (12) months of <br />tonnage detailing all Regulated Recyclable Material the facility has received and <br />receipts for all Regulated Reeyclable Material marketed; or <br />(2) a documented performance of at least 30% recvcling of all material that the <br />Commingled Recycling Facilitv accepts demonstrated by twelve (12) months of <br />tonnage detailing all material the facility has received and receipts for all <br />material separated and marketed. In malting this recycling performance <br />calculation: (1) inert debris (such as for example, concrete, dirt, rock and <br />asphalt paving) shall be excluded from the material accepted and from the <br />material recvcled• and (2) fifty percent (50%) of fines (mechanically screened <br />material resulting from the operation of a mechanical waste recovery system) <br />shall be considered inert debris and the other fifty percent (50%) may be <br />counted as material accepted and material recycled. <br />2. Certification. <br />A. A Facility complying with the above requirements shall be certified as an approved <br />Commingled Recycling Facility by the Department. This certification will be valid for <br />one year from the date of approval by the Department and must be renewed annually. <br />B. If the certification application does not meet the requirements of this ordinance, the <br />notification of denial shall state the reasons that the application was denied. If the <br />Department denies certification pursuant to this Section, the applicant may request a <br />hearing with the Department Director. The Department Director shall keep minutes of the <br />hearing, including all documents that are part of the application and all documents <br />3