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PAGE 49 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Policy 2.2: The County shall dispose of the screenings and grit accumulated at the wastewater treatment plants at the County landfill. No Change Policy 2.3: The County will continue to require all septage haulers operating in the County to dispose of septage at the Gifford Wastewater Treatment Plant or other sites approved by FDEP until the proposed new Biosolids Facility at the County Landfill is open. Remove Policy completed. New landfill opened in 2010. Policy 2.4: The SWDD shall provide convenient locations at which residents can drop off household hazardous materials free of charge. No Change Policy 2.5: The County shall continue to maintain a contract with a licensed hazardous waste transporter for providing disposal services to the small quantity generators of household hazardous waste within the County. No Change Policy 2.6: The County shall perform water quality tests in accordance with the landfill permit requirements to ensure that the Class I landfill is not contaminating the surrounding groundwater and surface water bodies. No Change Policy 2.7: The County shall close its existing C&D debris landfill cell and switch to co-disposal operation whereby C&D debris is disposed of in a lined Class I landfill commingled with MSW. Remove County has switched to lined Class I landfill, but it has not closed existing C&D debris landfill cell, as it is utilized for storage of Clean Concrete on the top. Policy 2.8: The County shall encourage the County Environmental Health Department to continue to perform regular inspections of small quantity hazardous waste generators. No Change Policy 2.9: The County shall cooperate with the FDEP and USEPA to continue to perform regular inspections of private licensed waste handlers to ensure that bio-hazardous waste, generated by medical establishments and handled by private firms, is properly managed. When improper management of bio-hazardous waste is found during an inspection, the FDEP and USEPA will take enforcement action. The County shall continue to inspect for the bio-hazardous waste from the solid waste that enters the landfill. Revise If possible, revise the word "will take" to "may take" (understanding even providing for an effective clean up and removal is an enforcement action). Objective 3 Through the time horizon of the plan, the County will have maximized the use of existing facilities and discouraged urban sprawl by having completed all needed solid waste capital improvements as outlined in the Capital Improvements Element of the County Comprehensive Plan. No Change Policy 3.1: The County shall maintain a five year schedule of capital improvements for the landfill and shall update this schedule annually in conformance with the review process for the Capital Improvements Element of this plan. No Change Policy 3.2: Proposed capital improvement projects shall be evaluated and ranked according to the following priority level guidelines: • Level One - whether the project is needed to protect public health and safety, to fulfill the County's legal commitment to provide solid waste facilities and services, or to preserve or achieve full use of existing facilities; and • Level Two - whether the project increases efficiency of use of existing facilities or prevents or reduces future improvement costs. • Level Three – whether the project increases the amount of solid waste being recycled. No Change Policy 3.3: The County shall structure solid waste fees, rates, and assessments to support the solid waste system as a financially self-supporting enterprise system. No Change Policy 3.4: The County shall continue its current non-advalorem assessment program to fund the orderly expansion of its solid waste facilities. No Change Policy 3.5: The County shall apply for state and federal sources of funding for the improvement and expansion of solid waste services as well as for expansion of its recycling program. No Change Policy 3.6: All future expansion of the landfill and the SWDD facilities shall be consistent with the adopted solid waste level of service standards. Consolidate Consolidate with Policy 1.5