TABLE OF CONTENTS. TABLE OF CONTENTS.i-v. RESOLUTION NO. (Pending Board of Commissioners Adoption of Plan)...vi

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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS.i-v RESOLUTION NO. (Pending Board of Commissioners Adoption of Plan)...vi MDE LETTER OF APPROVAL (Pending)...vii PLANNING AND ZONING LETTER OF APPROVAL...viii GLOSSARY...G-1 - G-6 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND...I-1 - I-5 CHAPTER 1 County Goals, Objectives, Policies and Programs Regarding Solid Waste Management 1.0 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES ESTABLISHED BY THIS PLAN GOAL OBJECTIVES POLICY CONFORMANCE WITH LAND USE PLANS CONSISTENCY WITH LOCAL PLANNING GOALS THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IN RELATIONSHIP TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION REGARDING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING THE CARROLL COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AD-HOC COMMITTEES INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION REGIONAL COOPERATION GOVERNING LAWS AND REGULATIONS FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT OTHER LAWS AFFECTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MARYLAND LAW AND REGULATION MARYLAND STATE AGENCIES COUNTY LAW AND REGULATION Table 1-1 Summary of Maryland Laws Affecting Solid Waste Management Table 1-2 Summary of Annotated Code of Maryland Titles Affecting Solid Waste Management Table 1-3 Summary of Maryland Regulations Affecting Solid Waste Management Figure 1-1 Carroll County Government Organizational Chart CHAPTER 2 Physiographic, Demographic and Land Use Characteristics of Carroll County 2.0 PHYSIOGRAPHIC LAND USE AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CARROLL COUNTY GEOGRAPHY CLIMATE DEMOGRAPHY CARROLL COUNTY MASTER PLAN THE HISTORY AND PREMISE OF THE MASTER PLAN i

2 2.4.2 THE VISION AND GOALS OF THE CARROLL COUNTY MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARROLL COUNTY MASTER PLAN CARROLL COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE Table 2-1 Average Temperature and Precipitation Table 2-2 Population Estimates by Election District Table 2-3 Household Estimates Table 2-4 Population Comparisons Figure 2-1 Location Map of Carroll County Figure 2-2 Carroll County Map CHAPTER 3 Existing Solid Waste Management System in Carroll County 3.0 THE EXISTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CARROLL COUNTY EXISTING AND PROJECTED WASTE GENERATION, BY CATEGORY WASTE GENERATED IN CARROLL COUNTY RESIDENTIAL WASTE GENERATION COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATION APARTMENT BUILDING AND CONDOMINIUM RECYCLING (ABCR) PROGRAM INDUSTRIAL (NON-HAZARDOUS) SOLID, LIQUID AND SEWAGE SLUDGE WASTE GENERATION INSTITUTIONAL WASTES PUBLIC SCHOOL RECYCLING CURRENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS IN THE PROGRAM COLLECTION SCHEDULE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES DEAD ANIMALS BULKY OR SPECIAL WASTES (AUTOMOBILES, APPLIANCES, ETC) SCRAP TIRES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE SEPTAGE OTHER WASTES RECYCLING YARD TRIM ELECTRONICS AGRICULTURAL WASTES MINING WASTES ASBESTOS LEACHATE GREASE FLUORESCENT AND COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS THAT CONTAIN MERCURY SPECIAL EVENTS RECYCLING PROGRAM WASTE IMPORTED AND EXPORTED SOLID WASTE ENTERING CARROLL COUNTY FOR RECOVERY AND PROCESSING REFUSE COLLECTION SYSTEMS IN CARROLL COUNTY EXISTING SOLID WASTE ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES ii

3 3.3.1 COUNTY-OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITIES NORTHERN LANDFILL NORTHERN LANDFILL PROCESSING FACILITY AND TRANSFER STATION PRIVATE FACILITIES HARVEST RGI, LLC ROLL-OFF EXPRESS CLOSED COUNTY FACILITIES BARK HILL LANDFILL BACHMAN VALLEY ROAD TIRE FACILITY HODGES LANDFILL JOHN OWINGS LANDFILL KATE WAGNER LANDFILL THE RECYCLING BARN Table 3-1 Projected Annual Waste Generation Table 3-2 Participating Apartments or Condominiums Table 3-3 Employment Distribution by Industry Group Table 3-4 Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Wet Tons Produced Table 3-5 Carroll County Leachate Generated in Gallons Table 3-6 Carroll County Municipalities Solid Waste Management and Recycling Figure 3-1 Discharge Permits in Carroll County Figure 3-2 RCRA Notifiers/Handlers Figure 3-3 Automobile Recyclers Figure 3-4 Sewage Sludge Application Permits Figure 3-5 Operating and Closed Solid Waste Facilities Figure 3-5 Legend Operating and Closed Solid Waste Facilities CHAPTER 4 Solid Waste Management System Assessment and Alternatives 4.0 ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES COLLECTION AND TRANSFER ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION SYSTEMS THE OPEN SYSTEM (SUBSCRIPTION) CONTRACT COLLECTION HAULER LICENSING GOVERNMENT COLLECTION VARIABLE RATE VS. BASE RATE FEE FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE WASTE COLLECTION IN CARROLL COUNTY TRANSFER WASTE REDUCTION WASTE REDUCTION AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT APPROACH CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLAND WASTE REDUCTION POLICIES SOURCE SEPARATION/RECYCLING SOURCE SEPARATION/RECYCLING AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CARROLL COUNTY S CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM YARD TRIMMINGS (COMPOST/MULCH) WASTE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES WASTE COMBUSTION/RESOURCE RECOVERY SOLID WASTE COMPOSTING iii

4 4.4.3 LEACHATE RECIRCULATION LANDFILL MINING ALTERNATIVES FOR SEWAGE SLUDGE PROCESSING AND UTILIZATION SEWAGE SLUDGE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT IN CARROLL COUNTY INTRODUCTION SEWAGE SLUDGE GENERATION BY CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES AND CURRENT DISPOSITION PRACTICES SEWAGE SLUDGE CO-COMPOSTING IN CEMENT KILNS TECHNOLOGY FOR FINAL DISPOSAL THE EXISTING LAND DISPOSAL SYSTEM IN CARROLL COUNTY LANDFILL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVES AT OPERATING LANDFILLS NORTHERN LANDFILL HOODS MILL LANDFILL THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LANDFILLS SELECTING A SITE FOR NEW SOLID WASTE ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES CONSTRAINTS ON THE SITING OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES TOPOGRAPHY SOILS GEOLOGY AND GEOHYDROLOGY WETLANDS SURFACE WATER AND FLOODPLAINS LAND USE COMPATIBILITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT ASBESTOS SPECIAL MEDICAL WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTES HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE CONTAMINATED SOILS Table 4-1 Carroll County Recycling Rate Table 4-2 Siting Waste Management Facilities Table 4-3 Summary of Estimate Average Annual Ground Water Recharge Rates for Hydrologic Units in Carroll County Figure 4-1 General Geologic Map Figure 4-2 General Hydrogeologic Map Figure 4-3 Location of Wetlands Figure 4-4 Watershed Boundaries and 100-year Floodplain CHAPTER 5 Solid Waste Management Plan of Action 5.0 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN OF ACTION MEETING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL SOLUTIONS PUBLIC EDUCATION SOURCE REDUCTION COLLECTION DISPOSAL FACILTIES iv

5 LANDFILL DISPOSAL OF MSW RUBBLE DISPOSAL RUBBLE RECYCLING RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RECYCLING MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF) DEVELOPMENT YARD TRIMMINGS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE SCRAP TIRES HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OTHER WASTES OPTIONS FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION CONCLUSION Table 5-1 Carroll County Total Waste Generated and Projected APPENDICES A. OFFICIAL CODIFIED VERSION - CHAPTER 16 - ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL B. CHAPTER 50 - SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE C. CARROLL COUNTY CODE, ZONING ORDINANCE D. CARROLL COUNTY RECYCLING PLAN E. CARROLL COUNTY S SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEES F. RESOLUTION No G. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLAND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS R.W. BECK H. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STUDY KCI v