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ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NEXT REPORTED TO THE BOARD ON THE MEETI'NG <br />WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN ORLANDO_ATTENDED BY HIM <br />AND COMMISSIONER Loy IN REGARD TO LANDFILL. HE STATED THAT IT IS NECESSARY <br />TO HAVE AT LEAST TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF THE D.E.R. BEFORE WE CAN OPEN A NEW <br />LANDFILL OR REOPEN AN OLD ONE AND ALSO TO HAVE D.E.R. APPROVAL OF OUR <br />DESIGN. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE D.E.R. CAME TO VERO <br />BEACH LAST FRIDAY AND WENT OVER THE WHOLE AREA. WE ARE RIGHT NOW DOING <br />FIELD TESTS AND SHOULD HAVE GENERAL INFORMATION TO SEND IN TO THEM BY NEXT <br />WEEK. HE CONTINUED THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE TO GET OFF THE PRESENT LANDFILL <br />AND GET IN A NEW AREA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS THEN REPORTED ON THE RESOURCE RECOVERY <br />MEETING HE AND COMMISSIONER Loy ATTENDED AND NOTED THAT THE DESIGNATION <br />OF RESOURCE RECOVERY AREAS WAS HELD OPEN. THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT <br />WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR REASONS FOR WISHING TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS DESIGNA- <br />TION, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE TECHNICAL DATA TO BACK UP OUR REQUEST, AND IF <br />WE WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS DESIGNATION, IT IS NOW UP TO INDIAN RIVER <br />AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES TO ARRIVE AT A WAY TO GATHER ALL OF THE ENGINEERING <br />DATA AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION NECESSARY IN TIME TO BE PRESENTED AT THE <br />NEXT HEARING. IF WE DO NOT ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A <br />RESOURCE RECOVERY AREA. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED THAT AFTER HE GETS A REACTION FROM <br />THE DIFFERENT BOARDS (INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, CITY OF VERO BEACH, ST. LUCIE <br />COUNTY, ETC.), HE WILL GET THE .ADVISORY COMMITTEE BACK TOGETHER TO WORK <br />ON THIS, BUT STATED THAT HE DOES FEEL IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE TWO <br />3 <br />COUNTIES TO HAVE ONE ENGINEERING FIRM DO THE EVALUATION. HE POINTED OUT <br />THAT WE MUST HAVE CERTAIN STUDIES DONE FOR THE NEW LANDFILL IN ANY EVENT. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS STATEMENTS AND <br />NOTED THAT SO MUCH IS INVOLVED THAT THEY CANNOT MAKE A CONCRETE RECOMMENDA- <br />TION AT THIS POINT. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO WORK WITH <br />THE $OLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DETERMINE THE BEST WAY <br />TO GATHER THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO BACK UP OUR REQUEST TO BE <br />REMOVED FROM THE RESOURCE RECOVERY AREA DESIGNATION. <br />i <br />17 <br />JUL 71 7.6 <br />