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� i a F. Engineering Services for Landfill The Board reviewed Utility Department memo, as follows: TO: THE HONORABLE BOARD OF DATE. MAY 8, 1985 FILE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THRU: TERRANCE G. PINTO SUBJECT: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LANDFILL ENGINEERING SERVICES FROM: REFERENCES: RONALD R. BROOKS DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: The Florida Department of Environmental Regulation recently issued a permit to the County for continued operation of Phase I of our landfill, see Exhibit The permit includes mandatory compliance items that must be complete within specific deadlines. Most of the compliance items are technical and require expertise in soils composition and permeability, well drilling and structural design. During the processing of our permit application for continued operation of Phase I, the DER made it very clear that the construction and operation of Phase II of the landfill would involve very costly leachate control measures and groundwater monitoring. The costs would not only be extensive in the initial construction but also in the daily operation of the landfill. Waste operation in Indian River County is rapidly increasing with the increase in development, and it appears that the operational life span of Phase I at the landfill is only 1-1/2 years. The design of Phase II should, therefore, be completed within one year to insure its approval for construc- tion and operation by the DER before the closing of Phase I. ANALYSIS: Due to the technical nature of the compliance items in our recently issued operation permit for Phase I of the landfill, the services of a -professional engineer are needed to insure that the items are completed properly and in accordance with the requirements of the DER. In view of increasing state and federal regulatory restraints and consequen- tial skyrocketing costs for construction and operation of the landfill it is apparent that Indian River County needs to look ahead and investigate some more productive and innovative means of waste disposal. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends and requests that the Board authorize the Division of Utility Services to obtain the services of a professional engineer to perform the following: 1. Supervise the construction of the mandatory compliance items in the recently issued DER operation permit for Phase I of the landfill and insure that the items are properly completed in accordance with the requirements of the DER. 2. Perform a feasibility study and provide the County with a written report and recommendation addressing, as a minimum, the following methods of solid waste disposal or recycling: A. Resource recovery facility. 13 Q BOOK 0 °,.GE ®8