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<br />SECTION IV. CERTIFYING COMMINGLED RECYCLING FACILITIES. <br />1. 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 />n r.t ,.r t. ~n ,:.,n nx enr,t xxrnr«e r n.,a+:n i~x n..n n n..,a nnn.,nt:.,,. ivy cnt:,a <br />n. > <br />emended 4/ /04 xxrnn«-..~,--o~ ~nx r,n.....n,.«:..,. rnna~P <br />B--9rre e€th~ ruts <br />/, x «,~ 4nnl....:nn, nt-.:,:«~r 4n no~nrn«n net .. n~t~n« ntt 41,V~ «.n4n,-:ntn ~n n..:..na ),.r «),:r <br />(2) e~eetrn3ented_p.,rzo.-~ na n~e~rl~nn« anoi _ .n,:.,.. ,.v nn .,.n«n_:n,n «Un« «t,n rnn:r«.. <br />aesept5=a«u_« a-a~b^-is-sl',all~., n.nt..an,a rn.., «t.e ..,n«e.:n, n~,,,.Pcd_and_fronTthe <br />...n«e.:n, _ ,ntna :.. «t.n..nn, nt:.,.. „~~n..nn n~~n,~ <br />A. one of the following valid state permits issued by the state where the facility is <br />located to which Regulated Recvclable Material is to be delivered (I) Solid Waste <br />Landfill, (2) Processing and Recvcling, (3) Solid Waste Transfer, or (4) <br />Composting Facilitv permit to operate; and <br />B. one of the following: <br />(I) a documented performance of separating and marketing all those materials <br />required by this ordinance to be recvcled demonstrated bV twelve (12) months of <br />tonnage detailing all Regulated Recvclable Material the facility has received and <br />receipts for all Regulated Recvclable Material marketed; or <br />(2) a documented performance of at least 30°/n recvcling of all material that the <br />Commingled Recvcling 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 making this recvcling performance <br />calculation: (i) 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°/n) 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 recvcled. <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 />