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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 17, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~~_-_ <br />SUBJ~ECT:_ Construction and Demolition Waste Regulation for Recycling ____ <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />10/17/00 SW Director Memo <br />9/27/00 Assistant County Attorney Memo <br />Draft Ordinance <br />C&D Task Force Statement of Principles <br />C&D Task Force Summary of <br />Recommendations <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management <br />Director, 968-2885 <br />Blair Pollock, Solid Waste Programs <br />Manager, 968-2788 <br />Geof Gledhill, County Attorney 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 9G8-4501 <br />Durham 685-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To review the proposed ordinance regulating construction, <br />demolition and other recyclable wastes, consider the proposed timetable for <br />implementation, and discuss possible resolution of some key issues in managing <br />construction and demolition waste for recycling. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1999, the BOCC authorized creation of a C&D waste <br />recycling task force. That task force completed its work with a report to the <br />BOCC presented on August 15, 2000. A key task force recommendation was <br />passage of an ordinance regulating recyclable C&D Materials. This ordinance <br />requires staffing, facilities development, and coordination with other departments <br />and governments within Orange County, as well as the regulated community of <br />developers and waste haulers. <br />The draft ordinance attached has potential to regulate both recyclable C&D <br />materials and other materials with a goal of keeping those materials from being <br />landfilled and requiring that they be separated for recycling instead. The <br />proposed ordinance regulates on-site separation, requires submission of <br />materials management plans far large construction projects, and licensing of <br />waste haulers to haul the separated regulated materials. Passage of the <br />ordinance would significantly alter the ways in which construction and demolition <br />waste is managed in Orange County and has the potential to reduce the amount <br />of material landfilled if properly implemented and administered. <br />