Waste Transfer Workgroup Scope of Work
NEJAC Waste & Facility Siting Subcommittee

Phase I - approximately 6 months

• Assessment of community impacts: community forums, and site tours in impacted communities in NYC and Washington, D.C.-- approximately within 3 months supplement community forums with conference calls and reviews of any existing analysis.
• Type of impacts from facility transportation related impacts (routes, truck emissions)
• degradation/displacement of adjacent uses (economic development, open spaces)
• techniques to reduce impacts from facilities
• techniques to prevent oversaturation
• consideration of impacts from other facilities identification of all interim waste handling activities (e.g., recycling operations)
• identification of current process of regulating operation and siting of facilities
• definition of waste transfer stations permits required, exemptions and permitting agency siting rules
• environmental review process
• process to identify existing of and potential for oversaturation
• process to identify potential of presence of "disparate impacts" or presence of environmental justice circumstance
• process undertaken by WTS owners to site facilities, communicate with community tax and other financial incentives (empowerment zone incentives) used by owners of WTS
• role of disincentives for waste reduction and recycling in creating need for and magnitude of waste transfer station capacity solid waste management planning

Once the findings of fact have been completed, the workgroup will issue a findings of fact document that will be the basis for developing recommendations in Phase II.

Phase II ­ Development of Recommendations (approximately 6 months)

• Siting
  facility-specific
  over-saturation
  facility emissions and impacts
  transportation

These are the three general areas of exploration that is anticipated for developing recommendations. However, since the findings of fact will provide the basis for developing recommendations, the categories of recommendations will be further refined once the findings of fact are completed.