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HEARINGS EXAMINER FINDINGS AND DECISION SNOHOMISH COUNTY SEPA APPEAL NO. 1-95 Page 8 (c) The signing of the first waste export contract with the original disposal company for a seven year period (1990). The contract committed the County to send 95% of its waste for a seven year period to eastern Washington. In determining the total disposal of solid waste, Everett was included in the waste capacity. (d) Curbside recycling program (1990). The County passed a recycling ordinance requiring residential waste haulers to provide curbside collection services for recyclables. (e) Development of the County's household hazardous waste program. This included the startup of collection events to provide residents with safe and economic disposal methods for household hazardous wastes. (f) A decision by the County to handle construction and demolition debris through private companies and through its existing transfer station rather than at a dedicated land fill (1990-1996). The County had planned to develop a separate handling facility and land fill for construction and demolition debris. The project, however, was dropped after public opposition. (g) Construction of the County regional land fill (1990-1991). In 1990 Snohomish County issued contracts for construction of a new land fill to serve as a back up to the waste export system. (h) The County sale of $27 million in revenue bonds to pay for land fill construction, based in part on Everett's commitment of its waste stream to the County system (1991). The sale of bonds was for twenty years and the repayment was to be achieved through the rates collected for the system. These repayments included Everett's contribution. (i) Implementation of the waste export process (1992). (j) Closure of Cathcart Land fill (1992). The Cathcart land fill was closed in 1992 and there was no opening of a new land fill. As a result the County was left without a disposal option for hard to handle bulky wastes. After closure of the landfill the waste stream was transferred through the three transfer stations. Closure activity included water monitoring and gas collection systems. (k) Siting in Everett of an intermodal facility for transfer of containers and solid wastes (1993). (I) Establishment of a general recycling and transfer siting process (1993-1994).