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meet all or a portion of the District's future solid waste processing and disposal 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 ba used to support future procurarnent(s). The expressions of interest were due bv October 2OO7, and 25vendors responded to the REFI. To date The Brovvard County Solid Waste Disposal District, Resource Recovery Board has received all the expressions of interests 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 VVhee|abnator, and a decision to move to forward is expected in2OO8. 4.2.5 St. Lucie County, FL On April 30,2006, the Board of County Commissioners, St. 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 2OO5. There was only one respondent to the RFO issued bv the County: ]a asma. As of November 2007, the development contract has been signed, and the County is moving forward with the project. The developer plans to process 3,000 TPD, generating 120 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 toconstruct. Construction is slated to begin in 6 - 8 months pending permits. 4.2.6 Hawaii County, HI In 1985, the County started- searching fora landfill replacement. After searching for more than a decade and spending about $1 million, it selected VVheelabrator Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management Inc. VVhee|abrator emerged from a field of three finalists, including Covanta, which runs HPowaron Oahu, and L-Con Contractors, a partnership with Barlow Projects, Inc. In January 2008, the County received a best-and-final offer from VVhee|abrator, In May, the County Council voted against the 650 T-PD project because of the estimated $12.5 million coot, leaving the County with no plan for dealing with Hilo- area trash after 2012. 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 firms. The three firms that were pre-qualified all submitted bids. Those respondents were VVhae|abrator, Covanto and Veo|ia. The bid want out in September 2006 for an operator nsp|amarnent for an existing 2,000 ton. per day plant and was awarded to Vao|1a 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 waterwall 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 GBB/C08027-01 20 August 15,2OO8