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C. Develop a New Interim C &D Landfill Whose Capacity Would Coincide With the Remaining Capacity of the MSW Landfill This option would require a new C &D landfill be developed, however, the new facility would be sized to reach capacity at the same time as the MSW (lined) landfill reaches capacity. It assumes that a long term approach for both types of waste will have been developed and implemented by the 2006. It does not necessarily assume that there is one solution for both wastes, however, this could be the case. There is no apparent financial or operational benefit to developing such a short duration site except that it could be done in order to coincide with the remaining capacity of the MSW facility. Key Issues * siting and permitting process/decisions for a small, approximately 5 -6 year site would be virtually identical to that of a long term, permanent site * presumably a smaller property could be developed, however, the minimum 200' buffer requirements would still apply * would result in two siting processes/decisions rather than one (interim and permanent) if the long term C &D solution is to continue landfilling what cannot be recycled * costs for siting/development/permitting for a smaller site similar to that of a larger site with much less return on the public fund investment * there would be no disruption of local disposal service * small site development/operations would cost more per ton and generate less revenue per ton * there would be no illegal dumping or other potentially negative repercussions of not having local disposal options * could negatively impact the ability to salvage /recycle because of long term uncertainties regarding location and the reluctance to develop permanent recycling facilities at a temporary disposal site * such a small site would still be committed to a 30 year post - closure maintenance/monitoring required of C &D facilities and related expenses Costs The economics of siting, permitting, and operating a small, limited duration site would be very unfavorable. In fact, we believe that there is no financial benefit to purposely developing a 5 -6 year C &D disposal facility. We believe that it would be much less costly to simply divert C &D to the MSW landfill and develop a final solution for both materials in 2004 rather than in going through the difficulty and expense of developing a new C &D landfill for such a short period of time. 13