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Comprehensive Plan Solid Waste Sub -Element According to the State Health Department, only three events involving the mismanagement of hazardous waste occurred in the County between the Fiscal Years of 1995/1996 and 2007/2008. The Environmental Health Department attributes the awareness of the dangers of HHW and the convenience of the HHW storage facility for the minimal occurrences of illegal HHW disposal by County residents. Water -Quality Monitoring Groundwater, surface water and leachate monitoring take place in accordance with the current Segment II FDEP Operations Permit. Presently, the SWDD has 60 monitoring wells, including 24 shallow -zone wells, 21 intermediate -zone wells, and 15 deep -zone wells. The SWDD contracts with a laboratory for chemical analysis. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Currently, the federal government, the state, and the county are all involved in the regulation and management of solid waste disposal facilities. Table 3.C.2 provides a summary of the landfill site operating permits and a list of issuing agencies. • Federal The potential environmental impact of solid waste facilities has led to the development of an extensive network of permitting requirements. For air and water quality, impacts are reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the FDEP. Where dredging or filling might occur, impacts are reviewed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE). With passage of the Federal Resource and Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), the USEPA was directed to develop a program to regulate and manage solid and hazardous wastes and provide incentives for states to adopt consistent programs. Through the Federal Comprehensive Emergency Response and Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA), USEPA was given the authority and funding to respond to incidents requiring site clean-up and emergency mitigation; this act is commonly known as the USEPA "Superfund" Act. As part of the program to implement this act, the USEPA developed and created a National Priority List (NPL) to include sites that, due to the extent of contamination and exposure, pose significant threat to human health and the environment and, as such, need clean-up. • State In 1980, the Legislature passed the Florida Resource Recovery and Management Act. This act adopted the federal guidelines and directed FDEP to develop and implement a hazardous waste management program. Amendments to this act in 1983 provided direction and funding to establish a cooperative hazardous waste management program among local, regional, and state agencies. In 1988, the Legislature passed the Solid Waste Management Act, with an initial overall goal of reducing the volume of solid waste going into Florida landfills by 30 percent by 1994. Since then, amendments to the act have continued to encourage county recycling programs. Basic components of Community Development Department Indian River County 14