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meet all or a ofthe District's future solid Waste processing and | ' requirements, and that were consistent with its long-term objectives. While this was not procurement, it was understood that information obtained during the process would be used to support future procuramnent(s)' The expressions of interest were due bv October 2OO7, and 35vendors responded to the REFI. To date The Bn»vxand County Solid Waste Disposal District, Resource Recovery Board has received all the expressions ofinterests from the 25 respondents as well as 11 presentations made to the Board by some of the respondents and no further decisions have been made. Not all of the submittals were for VVTE solutions. Negotiations for a contract extension are taking place with VVhedabrator, and a decision to move to forward is expected |n2OO8. 4.2.5 St. Lucie County, FL On April 30, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners, Sc Lucie County, Florida, solicited offers for the purpose of obtaining services to permit, finance, construct, operate, and own a Plasma Arc Gasification Facility to process MSVV for St' Lucie County. The due date for the qualifications was May 2OO6. There was only one mnttotheRFOkssuedbvtheCounty:] a. Asof November 2007, the development contract has been signed, and the County is moving fo'--- with the project. The developer plans to process 3,000 TPO, genenating -- megawatts of electricity, one-third of which will be consumed internally. According to the developers, the plant will cost over $425 million and take two years hoconstruct. Construction is slated to begin in G - 8 months pending 4.2~6 Hawaii County, HI In 1995, the County started searching for alandfill replacement. After searching for more than a decade and spending about $1 million, it selected VVheelabrator Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary ofHouston-based Waste Management Inc. VVhee|abrator emerged from a field of three finalists, including Covanta, which runs HPovveron Oahu, and L-Con Contractors, a partnership with 8adovv Projects, Inc ' In January 2OO8, the County received abe�-and-fina| offer from Vhem|abrator. In May, the County Council voted against the 650 TPO project because of the estimated $12.5 million cost, leaving the County with no plan for dealing with Hilo- area trash after 3O12. 4.2,7 Pinellas County, FL Pinellas County had three companies bid on the contract to operate the existing VVTE plant. The process began with an RFQto pre-qualify fimms. The three firms that were pre-qualified all submitted bids. Those respondents were Wheelabrator, Covanta and Veo|ia The bid went out in September 2006 for an operator replacement for an existing 2,000 ton per day plant and was awarded toVeo|ia in January 2007. Veo|ia actually began operating the facility effective May 7,2OO7. 4.2.8 Hillsborough and Lee Counties, FL Two operating mass-burn vvatervvaU facilities in Florida began expansions in 2007. In Lee County, the 1200 TPD plant will add a third line with a 636TPD capacity, using the same Covanta technology as the two operating lines, at a cost of $123.2 million 2O August 15, 2008 G8E�CDQO��-01 ,