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Geos}mtec Consultants 3.3 C&D Debris Management in Indian River County The SWDD Board approach to the management of C&D debris is to encourage recovery, recycling and reuse in order to minimize the quantities of material requiring landfill disposal . Mixed C&D debris loads delivered for landfill disposal are charged a disposal fee of $31 . 80 per ton by the SWDD . Generators of C&D debris can reduce their cost by separating recyclables such as scrap metal and cardboard from mixed loads and delivering them to the designated recycling area at the County landfill site, free of charge. In addition, generators can also deliver clean concrete and/ or clean soil to the landfill site at a reduced fee of $3 . 00 per ton. Mixed C&D loads arriving at the landfill site for disposal are weighed at the scalehouse for both gross and tare values in order to determine the disposal fee amount. The loads are also inspected at the scalehouse by an overhead camera for the presence of prohibited material . Contaminated loads are directed to the working face of the Class I landfill for disposal . Acceptable loads are directed to the working face of the C&D landfill where FDEP trained spotters verify the absence of prohibited materials. If a load is determined to be unacceptable, it is reloaded on the truck and directed to the Class I area for final deposition. Acceptable loads are spread and compacted on the working face of the C&D landfill in compliances with FDEP toles. Most C&D debris processing facilities in Florida are privately owned and operated. They derive their revenues from disposal fees assessed on incoming loads and revenues derived from the sale of recovered materials. Such facilities usually compete with local landfills for available C&D debris loads by charging disposal fees slightly below the landfills rates. Because disposal fees represent a significant share of their operating income, these facilities are usually located in or near counties with high C&D debris landfill disposal charges . Because of the relatively high disposal fee charged by the SWDD for landfilling C&D debris, the economics of a competing material recovery facility at Indian River County is highly favorable. The SWDD has been contacted on numerous occasions by private entities regarding the feasibility of establishing a C&D recycling operation within Indian River County. In the event that such a facility commences operation at or near Indian River County, the quantity of C&D debris available for landfill disposal would be a factor that could make a separate disposal operation economically unattractive. JR70184 5 7/13/2007