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D14. Please <br />describe the location <br />of the emissions <br />reduction. W here <br />would fossil fuels <br />have been burned if <br />not for your project? <br />For projects that <br />reduce electricity <br />usage or that <br />generate solar <br />energy, feel free to <br />state “grid-tied <br />electricity reduction” <br />if you cannot <br />determine the <br />location of emissions <br />produced from <br />electric power <br />generation. (200 <br />word limit) <br />The emissions reduction will be from food waste diverted in Orange <br />County. County waste is currently trucked to Sampson County for disposal. <br />Orange County has a population that is 30% non-white and a poverty rate <br />of 12.4% (https://datausa.io/profile/geo/orange-county-nc). Sampson <br />County has a population that is 50% non-white and a 20.2% poverty rate <br />(https://datausa.io/profile/geo/sampson-county-nc). Trucking household <br />waste from Orange County to Sampson County is the type of policy that <br />contributes to racial and socioeconomic inequities and environmental <br />injustices that Orange County desires to avoid. This program would help <br />reduce some of those inequities directly by eliminating an estimated 77.7 <br />tons of household waste from the Sampson County landfill, along with the <br />202 tons of CO2 equivalent GHG emissions. <br />D15. Please <br />describe any other <br />aspect of your <br />project that is <br />relevant to the <br />amount of emissions <br />that it will reduce or <br />avoid. (250 word <br />limit) <br />The project will avoid adding 77.7 tons of food waste to the Sampson <br />County landfill, saving municipalities $4,662 dollars in avoided tipping fees <br />($60/ton) along with other environmental benefits. <br />Sampson county is about 100 miles from Chapel Hill, while Brooks <br />Composting in Goldston is only about 35 miles from Chapel Hill. So the <br />distance that the food waste will travel is less when composting as <br />compared to taking it to the landfill, further saving on emissions. <br />Criterion 3 - Efficient Use of Funds This criterion has a maximum score of <br />4 pts (out of a total of 26 pts). Please see the Grant Project website for <br />further guidance and the Background and Information document for <br />information about technical assistance. Applicants are encouraged to ask <br />for clarification and technical assistance as early as possible and no later <br />than the posted deadline for questions. <br />D16. Is this a new <br />project? <br />No <br />The table below is <br />meant to support the <br />calculations of your <br />project's impact; <br />however, it may not <br />capture all aspects of <br />a project. <br />If the table is not able to capture the correct numbers for your project, <br />please enter "N/A" in those specific fields and upload an additional <br />document with this information. <br />Project Impact (do not enter a $ in front of the numbers) <br />Criterion 3 - Project Impact (Ongoing) (6).xlsx <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 60C8120B-2E2C-4F19-BFBC-3ADFB6A6F8E1