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9 <br />The University of North Cazolina is a unique case. While often complying with local <br />zoning and development ordinances, UNC is generally regulated directly by State statute. <br />For example, State Building Inspectors rather than local inspectors are responsible far <br />inspection of construction on campus. UNC is in the process of making some policy and <br />specification decisions that would require its contractors to recycle. Orange County <br />attorney's office is evaluating the degree to which local requirements for separating and <br />hauling separated materials can be applied to UNC projects. As a major waste generator <br />in Orange County, UNC should be involved in all discussion regarding the ordinance and <br />its potential effect on their operations and contracts. <br />The enforcement of the source separation and hauling parts of the ordinance will be the <br />most difficult. At some construction projects, there may be a variety of attempts to avoid <br />compliance with the ordinance by on-site contamination, taking materials out of county <br />without proper permitting, etc.. Once at the landfill, all haulers, public and private, aze <br />subject to regulations established to manage materials. Thus it is relatively simple to <br />enforce the portion of the ordinance regulating material sepazation at the landfill. The <br />Solid Waste Management Department may need assistance from other County and Town <br />departments to effectively regulate on-site sepazation and haulers. <br />D. Education and Involvement of the Potentially Regulated Development and <br />Waste Hauling Community <br />The ordinance being considered will have a significant impact on the nature of <br />construction materials management in Orange County. The staff strongly believes that <br />the early and thorough involvement of builders, designers, and developers of all types <br />and scales ofprojects, as well as waste haulers, will result in development of a workable <br />ordinance that has their support and understanding. To that end, staff is developing a <br />procedure and approach to creating significant interaction between itself and members of <br />this potentially regulated community to discuss the proposed ordinance prior to its <br />adoption to develop practical, enforceable approaches to meeting the ordinance <br />requirements. <br />E. Licensin aulers <br />The licensing arrangement could be applied in several ways including <br />• licensing of each hauler under one omnibus permit, <br />• licensing each vehicle owned by ahauler/operator, license each container or <br />• licensing each hauler based on the number of vehicles and/or containers. <br />The draft ordinance now has the structure of licensing each hauler based on the number <br />of vehicles and conveyances (such as trailers) that will operate in Orange County. <br />Although this approach is slightly more onerous to enforce than an omnibus license far <br />each business, it is more equitable and further ensures rigorous enforcement of County <br />regulations, leaving less to judgment when determining if a hauler is licensed properly to <br />operate in Orange County. Each vehicle, and possibly container, owned by that hauler <br />would have a special license decaUmarker/etc. indicating to the landfill scale house <br />weighmasters and to Solid Waste Field inspectors that the vehicle is licensed to haul <br />either re fated re clable materials or other wastes in Orange County. Those licenses <br />9 <br />