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Figure 6. It has been determined by inside and outside review that the contributions from the RDF to the WRWWTF need to be eliminated or significantly reduced to bring the WRWWTF back into permit compliance. IRCDUS staff has taken preliminary action to turn away those haulers who have delivered material (industrial waste and biosolids from other treatment facilities outside IRC) that exceeds our limits, have caused plant upsets, and plant permit non-compliance. Regulatory agencies have been informed of this action, but there remains a great deal of out -of -county waste that continues to be brought into the facility. In order to assist our staff in overseeing what is coming into the facility, we are considering development of an agreement that will outline the expectations of haulers bringing in any future deliveries to the RDF. Such an agreement could be similar to the one Brevard County uses (See Attachment 1). Staff would work with the County Attorney's office to create such an agreement that would be required of all haulers prior to the privilege of using the RDF. Potential Alternatives for Consideration Based on the information obtained in the past three weeks and from the historical permit excursions experienced at the WRWWTF, staff proposes several items for BCC consideration: 1. Shut off ALL incoming septage/grease/porta-potty/commercial/industrial hauled material. If the RDF is indeed the "smoking gun" as the data indicates, then elimination of all outside sources would allow the WRWWTP to run as designed without these nutrient loading sources. The reality with this approach, though, is that the haulers (inside and outside the county) would have limited alternatives. Staff would not recommend this option. 2. Shut off all out -of -county hauled waste for out of county and local haulers. We know that 66%' of all the hauled material is from out of county. Our RDF has become a cheap and easy solution for those in business but this practice cannot continue. Shutting off all out -of -county hauled waste now is preferred. This will lessen the load on the WRWWTF immediately. 3. Shut off the out -of -county hauled waste within 30 days (or by June 1, 2017). This is an option but it allows those businesses to keep doing what they are doing temporarily. This timeframe allows haulers to find an alternative solution but the problem is that this option keeps ourfacility from being in Page 6 of 8 C:\Users\GRANIC-1\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Tech no logies\easyPD F 7\@BCL@6005C827\@BCL@6005C827.docx P220