20080306 Timeline to date on the Carroll County Maryland Integrated Waste Management Decision

Timeline to date on the Carroll County Maryland Integrated Waste Management Decision

March 6, 2008

March 2005 - Carroll County secured the services of R.W. Beck to complete a comprehensive study on the County’s waste management options.

October 2005 - R.W. Beck presented their report on long term waste disposal options indicating that WTE may be the lowest cost waste disposal option.

January 19, 2006 – Carroll County Commissioners adopted resolution 658-06, which among other things directed the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NMWDA) to conduct a procurement for waste-to-energy facilities, as detailed in the R.W. Beck Report.

May 3, 2006 - Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised in Waste News (the most widely read solid waste weekly periodical with a circulation of over 50,000. The RFQ was posted on the NMWDA’s website along with all addenda.

August 1, 2006 - The NMWDA received 12 responses from the RFQ (9) technologies/vendors were deemed qualified to submit.

October 6, 2006 – Request for Proposals (RFP) were released to prequalified vendors.

December 2006 - Frederick County secured the services of RTI International to model Frederick County’s solid waste disposal system/alternatives, using EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste-Decisions Support Tool.

March 26, through April 1, 2007 - Staff from Frederick and Carroll Counties, NMWDA and HDR Engineers visited several European waste management facilities and met with European waste management agencies.

April 20, 2007 - NMWDA receives three WTE proposals from pre-qualified vendors.

July 14, 2007 - Frederick and Carroll Counties hosted a solid waste forum, at Frederick Community College with speakers from the Environmental Protection Agency, neighboring jurisdictions and SWANA.

September 29, 2007 – DPW staff and Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) held a workshop on solid waste disposal.

October 9, 2007 - Carroll County staff attended the presentation of RTI internationals model of Frederick County’s waste disposal system/alternatives. The report showed the net total “Criteria Pollutant Emissions” for WTE to be the lowest of all options modeled (local landfill, and out of state landfill).

October, 2007- Based on a recommendation of the EAC, Carroll County secured the services of Richard Anthony to perform a resource assessment study of Carroll County’s waste.

November 15, 2007 - The EAC presented their recommendation on solid waste option to the Carroll County Commissioners.

November 19, 2007 - DPW Staff with the assistance of the NMWDA presented their recommendation to the Carroll County Commissioners

December 13, 2007 - DPW Staff, NMWDA, EAC and the Carroll County Commissioners had a panel discussion on solid waste disposal.

February 14, 2008 – Carroll County Commissioners adopted a County Government recycling policy

February 21, 2008 - DPW staff presented information on the economics of a WTE facility to the Carroll County Commissioners

February 26, 2008 - The Carroll County and Frederick County Commissioners had a joint meeting on solid waste management strategies. The Frederick County Commissioners invited the Carroll County Commissioners to join them in building a 1,600 ton per day WTE facility in Frederick County.

March 5 and 10, 2008 – DPW hosts public information meetings to explain the integrated materials management strategy for handling all of Carroll County’s waste.