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Besides the one year local hazardous waste assessment, counties <br />have other responsibilities delineated by the Act. On an <br />annual basis, counties must notify each potential hazardous <br />waste generator of his responsibilities. Counties must <br />identify and survey any new potential generator. Finally, <br />counties must conduct oar -site visits of at least twenty percent <br />of the potential generators each year until all have been <br />visited. <br />ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS <br />The County staff has coordinated extensively with the Regional <br />Planning Council staff and the staff of other counties in the <br />region. In two meetings between local staff and RPC staff, <br />various alternatives for completing the local assessments have <br />been identified and analyzed. Strategies employed by other <br />regional councils which have done or are currently doing local <br />assessments were considered. These strategies ranged from <br />contracting with a consultant for the preparation of all <br />aspects of each local assessment in a region to preparation of <br />local assessments by in-house RPC staff. Some councils have <br />used a combination.of consultant services and in-house staff. <br />After assessing each.of the alternatives, the Council staff and <br />local staff representatives came to tentative agreement as to <br />how to proceed with the local assessments in this region. This <br />strategy would involve the RPC contracting with a consultant to <br />perform several tasks which would be part of the first . <br />component of the local assessment. Each county then would be <br />responsible for completing all other aspects of its local, <br />assessment. <br />Specifically, the RPC would contract with a consultant to <br />identify all potential generators in each county, notify and <br />survey (including follow-up) each potential generator, compile <br />and tabulate the results by county, and provide each county <br />with a hard copy and an electronic copy of the results for its <br />area. The Regional Planning Council would be responsible for <br />developing the survey questionnaire, supervising the <br />consultant, and coordinating local efforts. Each county then <br />would be responsible for doing on-site interviews of a <br />representative sample of its potential generators, identifying - <br />abandoned dump sites, assessing landfill operating procedures, <br />and identifying potential sites for hazardous waste <br />storage/transfer facilities. <br />Using this alternative the approximate funding levels would be <br />as follows. The Regional Planning Council would receive <br />$25,000, approximately 15% of the $175,000 total. A consultant <br />would receive approximately $40,000, based upon figures derived <br />from consultant costs for other RPC's and reflecting the amount <br />of work the consultant would be required to do in this study. <br />The remaining $110,000 would be divided among the four counties <br />based upon a formula whereby each county would be allocated a <br />base amount of $10,000 with the remaining $70,000 divided among <br />the counties based on each county's pro rata share of the total <br />estimated potential hazardous waste generators in the region. <br />With this method, Indian River County would receive <br />approximately $15,200 to complete its local assessment. This <br />figure is comparable to the amounts allocated to Martin and St. <br />Lucie counties but significantly less than the $63,500 <br />allocated to Palm Beach. <br />J U L 111984 80 BOOK 5 7 FAGEM <br />