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compliance and we will continue to violate our permit requirements. Staff would not recommend this <br />option. <br />4. Hybrid approach. Shut off all out -of -county hauled waste now. Give the IRC haulers who receive <br />material from out of the county a 30 days' notice to make arrangements for the material generated in <br />other counties to go elsewhere. This option reduces the load to the plant immediately and allows local <br />businesses time to make alternative arrangements. Those haulers who do business out of the county <br />and are not stationed locally will need to make arrangements within their own municipality in which <br />they operate. Staff would recommend this option. <br />If RDF operations must continue, staff is looking at ways to hydraulically remove the centrate from <br />going to the WRWWTF in order to confirm if the total elimination of RDF loads will bring the plant back <br />into compliance. As an emergency protective measure, it is estimated that $52,800 would be need to <br />cover expenses for four weeks to capture and transport ALL the liquid centrate generated at the RDF <br />and bring it to another IRC treatment plant. This option has yet to be discussed with the FDEP and <br />would only be available if non budgeted funding is made available and the regulatory agency approves <br />this temporary stop -gap measure. Funding for this expenditure would need to come from fund balance <br />through a budget amendment as no such current fiscal yearbudget funds are available. The deficit <br />would come from operating fund balance. Operating funds come from water and sewer sales, not the <br />biosoIids collection fee. In short, the IRC ratepayers will be subsiding this budget amendment. <br />Without changing the characteristics of the centrate, however, we may inadvertently be moving the <br />underlying problem to another IRCDUS facility and after four weeks, we maybe looking at the same <br />issue we currently face at WRWWTF. <br />FUNDING: <br />• There is no funding required if the out of county wastes are prohibited from coming to the RDF. <br />There will be additional costs either at the RDF and /or the WRWWTF for lab testing, process control <br />equipment and other treatment modalities that are unknown that the time this agenda is being <br />prepared. Such costs could be very significant. Once the CH2M audit is complete and a technical <br />memorandum is provided, staff will have more information to bring back to the board for review and <br />approval. <br />If the BCC decides to authorize the expenditure of $52,800 to truck the centrate from the RDF to <br />another IRC facility, a budget amendment would be needed. Funds for the budget amendment would <br />come from fund balance in the operating fund. Operating funds come from the water and sewer sales. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends the BCC: <br />1. Shutdown all haulers who are from out of county immediately and authorize staff to notify IRC haulers <br />they have 30 days to find alternative arrangements for any waste they currently pick up out of county. <br />2. Direct staff to work with the County Attorney's office to create an agreement similar to the one in use <br />by Brevard County that can be tailored for use by IRC haulers. <br />3. Direct staff to evaluate the cost basis and pricing structure of the facility to determine fair and equitable <br />rates to cover operating expenses and environmental concerns. <br />Page 7 of 8 <br />C:\Users\GRAN IC-1\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Tech no logies\easyPDF 7\@BCL@6005C827\@BCL@6005C827.docx <br />P221 <br />