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January <br /> <br /> Dear Chairman: <br /> <br /> Columbus County is in the process o£ obtaining State approval <br /> for a ne~v landfill site. During the application process, we <br /> discovered a new State Regulation {effective January 1, <br /> ~,hich e£fective-~ bans conventional land£ill operations. <br /> <br /> The i~act ol this regulation ~10 NCAC 10~.0503 (g)(d}{i)) ~ill <br /> affect every county in this State. The financial i~act <br /> adverse and unreaso.nable in its de, nd on counties. <br /> <br /> ~fe recognize the need to protect the envfronment, but we also <br /> recognize that this ~st be balanced with the need to dispose of <br />'*- '~- -. t rash .=~e..~av~r~ga~e~on~J22.. -t~-~y-..[.our ( ~ ] pounds, of. <br /> trash:a=.~d~':~c C~mb~s=~o~uo.t~th_~:: tran~Jat~s~to' .lO~-*tons '~ ........ <br />..... :-- per day~*-~:~ ...... <br /> <br />.... ~ change--:~n--{he~ -State -~eguiab~-ons~an.= accomodate~..~oth t~he,. <br />..... environment- and ~soZ~d~-~.te -di~posa]T~by~ c2a~,sJ Jyfng : g~ound~a t.e~:**.-~* <br /> fn accordance ~th a system simf]a~ to that used [o~ suPface <br /> ~ate:s, ~nde~ the ~egu]ations, ali of the ground~¢a~ePs of the <br /> 5tare a~e c/ass~f~ed as potentia]]y useabJe [o~ ~,ater supp2y <br /> ~ega~dJess of {he~ depth o~ exfst~ng condition. Ag~cu]tu~a2, <br /> si~uacu]tuPa], and st~uctu~a] pest control act~v~tfes a~e exert <br /> /~om these PeguJa~ions. ~n~c~paJ was{e d~sposa~ ~s also exert <br /> except that {his ~atte~ {ype of ope~atfon must ~e s~te <br /> specifically approved ~y the S~a{e ~nd unde~ the ne~, ~egu]ation <br /> aforementioned, aiJ un/fried /andfi/Js a~e p:oh~bited. <br /> <br /> 7[ changes ape no{ ~de, '2fned ]and[i]Js' ~]] 6e ~equi~ed <br /> stateside at a cost of $100,000 to S1~0,000 pe~ ac~e. <br /> <br /> You~ help is needed ~o p~otec~ ou~ ?~mited financia] :esources <br /> and to ~ng a balance 6etween {he envf~onm~nta] concerns and <br /> the need to dispose of soJid ~,aste. <br /> <br /> 5~ncere]y, <br /> <br /> ~ichard B. Self <br /> Administrat or <br /> <br /> <br />