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Comprehensive Plan Solid Waste Sub -Element decided to discontinue the separate disposal of C&D debris in an unlined landfill, because of the potential danger of groundwater contamination from accidental release of contaminated leachate, and switched to codisposal, whereby the C&D debris is landfilled in a lined Class I landfill commingled with MSW. On the landfill site, the following improvements exist: * A scale house for weighing materials entering the landfill; * An administration building housing SWDD administrative offices; * A yard trash site for processing yard trash such as bushes, trees, etc.; * A recycling operation for processing recyclable materials; * A household hazardous waste storage facility to store hazardous waste before the wastes are sent to processing facilities; * An Active Class I landfill cell for disposal of solid waste entering the landfill; * An Inactive C&D debris landfill; * A stormwater pond for treatment and on-site storage of clean stormwater run off; * A landfill gas management system; and * A biosolids dewatering facility (estimated construction completion March 2010). Currently, SWDD's 5 -acre yard waste area encompasses both disposal and recycling activities. This area is manned seven days a week by a contractor who is responsible for grinding all vegetative debris received. In 2008, approximately 54,000 tons of yard waste were received and processed. Of this tonnage, the SWDD used approximately 12,000 tons of ground vegetative debris on site for daily cover at the Class I landfill. The contractor transports the balance off site. Recently, the plans for future Segments 3, 4, and 5 of the Class I landfill were changed to establish one new segment, Segment 3, with four phases of development. Also, the County decided in 2007 to abandon plans to develop a new cell (Cell 2) for C&D debris disposal, and decided instead to commingle C&D debris with MSW in a lined Class I landfill. As of 2005, approximately 1.09 million cubic yards of solid waste mass had been accumulated at the landfill site. In order to accommodate the amount of solid waste projected through the year 2030, the landfill facility will require an additional 9.6 million cubic yards of disposal capacity for Class I solid waste and C&D debris. With the current available capacity plus the scheduled addition of the vertical expansion and proposed Segment 3, the landfill's design capacity is estimated at 13.5 million cubic yards. At present, the processing of solid waste remains the same as it was in 1995, with solid wastes separated by type. As in the past, the processing of waste differs according to the various waste types, and separation continues to occur at the source of production, at the CCCs, and at the landfill site. To ensure safe processing and disposal of the County's solid waste and to minimize environmental impact by following Federal and State standards and regulations, the SWDD continues to monitor the landfill site. For volume reduction at the landfill site, the County contracts for tire removal and for yard waste grinding services. While tires are hauled off-site, a portion of the ground yard waste is used for Community Development Department Indian River County 10