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Fr - DEC - 3199 BOOK FADE 03 -7 Utilities Director Terry Pinto gave a brief history of the State's solid waste requirements, stressing that everything ends up in the County Landfill. Recycling is good, but there are other things that can be done and his recommendation is that it is time to update the master plan and consider other alternatives, and to look at where we are, what we have done, and what we yet have to do. Commissioner Bird still felt someone is going to challenge the State on their requirements for mitigating the old landfills across the state. Director Pinto advised that funds are available to mitigate the old dumps such as the Gifford dump if it is considered a hazardous super dump that might be contaminating the aquifer. Someone has to do the job. Ronald Brooks, Manager of the Solid Waste Disposal District, gave a slidefilm presentation of considerable length, explaining how the SWDD was established and how it operates under three budgets, the permitting requirements, reporting requirements, and staffing. He noted that the Landfill operates 7 days a week, 11-12 hours a day. Commissioner Macht asked if we are going to reach the 30% recycling requirement by 1994, and Director Pinto replied that he certainly hoped we would. Mr. Brooks continued with slidefilms of operations at the Landfill, showing the computerized scales, maintenance equipment, junk pile for scrap metal and white goods, the borrow pit, yard trash operation, sludge/septage facility that will open in February, 1993, air curtain and chippers, waste tire shredding operation, numerous monitoring sites at the Landfill, stormwater management pond, transfer stations, and the collection centers for hazardous wastes. (COMMISSIONER BIRD LEFT THE MEETING AT 9:55 A.M. TO ATTEND A PARKS & RECREATION MEETING.) In answer to the Board's inquiries regarding the dramatic increase in costs between the first segment of the Landfill and the second segment which currently is in use, Director Pinto explained that the cost for closing the first segment was $1.4 million and the cost to build the second segment was $2.1 million. The cost to build Segment III is expected to be $8 million because of the requirements for lining and leachate. We are required to maintain Segment I for 30 years. After closing the first cell, it was sodded rather than seeded and we have had good success in controlling erosion. The second segment is expected to last until early 1997 unless our recycling improves. As of October this year, 2