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Alternatives If a New CAD Landfill Is Not Ready If the Board wishes to provide for a continuing C&D capability within the geographical boundaries of Orange County, it will be necessary to move expeditiously to select a new C&D site, given the impending exhaustion of current capacity and likely limitations on additional measures to extend the life of the current facility. If a new C&D site cannot be identified, acquired, and developed before the current landfill closes, there are two primary options for C&D disposal. The first would be to inform C&D users that there is no capacity in-County, thereby obliging haulers to make their own arrangements at facilities elsewhere in the region. This approach would be easy to implement, but could result in increased incidence of burning, illegal dumping, or inappropriate on-site burial of C&D materials. This option would also lead to significant budget shortfalls, based on the current revenue structure of the Landfill Fund. The second option would involve the temporary practice of continuing to accept C&D material but burying it in the lined mixed solid waste landfill. This approach would also be easy to implement, would not promote any increase in illegal disposal, and would in the short-term avoid any budgetary shortfall. On the other hand, staff estimates that this approach would shorten the MSW landfill life by about one month for each two months worth of C&D material accepted. It would also be a more expensive use of landfill space, as the cost of lined MSW landfill space is substantially more than that of unlined C&D landfill space. This point could in turn, however, provide an incentive to more quickly develop new C&D space to preserve the more costly MSW landfill space. Next Steps Having received the technical evaluations of the two candidate sites and having received citizen comment at the September 16 public hearing, the Board may be at a point. where it is prepared to indicate a preference for one site or the other, or where it is prepared to rule out one site or the other (or both). It may also be that the BOCC needs additional information before taking any action. Staff have prepared a number of alternative resolutions,. of which the Board may choose to adopt one or more. The Board may likewise choose not to act at this time.. If the Board wishes to pursue the Guess Road site, it could adopt proposed resolution A (or a modified version thereof), thereby indicating its preference for that site and instructing staff and attorney to execute the necessary documents to exercise the option on the Guess Road property. If the Board adopts resolution B, or chooses not to instruct staff and the attorney to exercise the option before it expires, the Guess Road site will effectively be removed from consideration for a new C&D landfill. With regard to the Eubanks Road site, the Board may likewise consider adoption of either resolution C (contemplating further evaluation) or resolution D (eliminating from further consideration) that particular site. The Board may also postpone indicating its preference. (or lack thereof) for this site and revisit the issue at a later date, because there is no time pressure associated with a purchase option expiration, as in the case of the Guess Road site. If the Board indicates a preference for one of these two sites, it is possible that some additional subsequent meetings and/or actions may be required for one or the other, depending on guidance received from the North Carolina Division of Waste Management and on the .advice of the County Attorney. If the Board chooses not to further pursue one or the other of these two candidate sites, staff will seek direction. at a future meeting on how to proceed. regarding C&D disposal capability.