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WASTE UPDATESolid Waste Section September 1999
Division of Waste Management
N. C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
The Solid Waste Section encourages regular and open communication with all citizens interested in waste management. This update is part of the Section’s effort to implement that policy. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subsequent updates will be published on a quarterly basis. All Solid Waste Section contacts noted below may be reached by telephone at 919/733-0692. The Section "Homepage" Internet address is: http://www.wastenotnc.org
EMERGING ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FLOYD
DENR's Division of Waste Management deals with solid waste, hazardous waste, superfund sites and underground storage tanks and is therefore very involved in hurricane Floyd recovery efforts. Previous hurricanes have produced wind damage debris ranging from construction and demolition (C & D) materials to vegetative damage. Floyd has presented the Division the opportunity to broaden recovery efforts that include massive amounts of livestock, household hazardous waste (HHW) and water damaged homes and buildings. Emerging issues include: disposal of comingled waste streams (MSW, HHW and C & D), insuring proper landfill space, estimating truck waste volume rather than weighing individual loads, loss of landfill caps, increased leachate that must be pumped and hauled off site, disposal sites for septage (toilet waste), inability of public works employees to staff sites, mobile home disposal, disposal of asbestos generated in demolition, out-of county waste, permit revisions and staffing for increased hours of facility operations. The Division is also assessing underground storage tanks, superfund sites and hazardous waste storage sites for damage and remediation. For current information on relief efforts visit the NC DENR Hurricane Relief Information web site at http://www/enr.state.nc.us/ENR/floyd/index.htm
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REPORTS
The Annual Reports are currently undergoing staff review for data entry. After the reports have been entered into a database they will be compiled into a report for general distribution. Thanks to all local governments for submitting their reports in a timely manner.
ELECTRONIC REPORTING
To streamline reporting and save resources, this year the scrap tire forms were distributed on disk. Lotus or Excel formatted disks were sent to local governments and tire processors to determine the feasibility of computer reporting. The disks will be downloaded into a spreadsheet for analysis. This will be evaluated for future expansion of electronic reporting.
The mail service has changed
for state government in Raleigh. The new Mail Service Center is the result
of the consolidation of 26 mailrooms in Wake County. It's estimated that
the center will save over $1 million annually. The Solid Waste Section's
new address is:
Solid Waste Section
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
E-mail addresses have also changed. If you want to reach staff now just type:
The time is fast approaching for the three-year update to the ten-year solid waste management plan. Since this is the first update cycle a committee of local government representatives has been developing guidelines for submission of the updates. The goal is the create an easy to understand format that local governments can reference during budget preparations and document progress towards local and state waste reduction goals. These guidelines will be mailed to local governments or authorities that submitted an initial plan in 1997. The Updates and resolutions endorsing the update are due by July 1, 2000.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WEB PAGES
North Carolina counties and municipalities have WEB pages that provide an excellent reference for solid waste programs and ideas. Take a look at some of these WEB pages to see what other local governments are doing to address solid waste in their community and help reach their solid waste reduction goals. The WEB addresses and local governments are:
Cabarrus County
http://home.interpath.net/camdenco
Camden County
Catawba County
http://www.chathamrecycles.com
Chatham County
http://www.crswma.com
Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority (Carteret,
Craven & Pamlico Counties)
http://www.fayettevillenc.com
City of Fayetteville
http://www.co.dare.nc.us/Public_Works/index.htm
Dare County
http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/departments/solidwaste
City of Durham
http://www.edgecombe.cc.nc.us/County/waste.htm
Edgecombe County
http://www.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/coeng/Recycle/Mcswm.htm
Mecklenburg County
This is a regular section of Update. If you have a solid waste WEB page you’d like others to know about tell us so it can be included in future Updates! We will also link your page to our WEB site.
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For further information or for technical assistance with
the solid waste regulatory program, contact the Section at 919/733/0692,
or write us at 401 Oberlin Rd., Suite 150, Raleigh, NC 27605
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