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PRESENTED September 9, 2003
RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 0 3- 12 6 ADOPTED September 9, 2003
A RESOLUTION: ADOPTING THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN DATED MARCH
17, 2003, AS REVISED FOR AND BY THE PUBLIC HEARING
CONDUCTED ON APRIL 8, 2003, FOR THE LOUDOUN COUNTY SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING DISTRICT (LCSWMPD)
WHEREAS, Loudoun County, the Town of Hamilton. the Town of Hillsboro, Town of Lo.burg.
the Town of Lovettsville, the Town of Middleburg, the Town of Purcellville, the Town of Round Hill are
the local governments for the residents living within the boundaries of Loudoun County; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Waste Management Board (hereinafter the State) has been authorized
by State Code to promulgate and enforce such regulations as may be necessary to carry out its duties and
powers and the intent of the Virginia Waste Management Act and related federal acts; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to require each city, county, and town to develop and
maintain comprehensive and integrated solid waste management plans that, at a minimum address all
solid waste generated in the jurisdiction, and, consider all components of the following hierarchy,
1. Source R~duction
R~'use
3. Recycling
4. Resource Reeove~ (Waste-to-Energy)
5. Incineration
6. Landfilling, and
7. Plan Implementation; and
WHEREAS, the State has mandated that all lOCalities sustain a recycling rate of 25%; and
WHEREAS, the State has required all local governments to update their Solid Waste
Managemem Plans for em'rent conditions and to address the solid waste management needs for the next
20 years; and
WHEREAS, all updated plans must be submitted to the Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality by July 1, 2003; and
WHEREAS, a Solid Waste Management Plan was prepared by an Ad Hoe Committee for the
LCSWMPD; and
A RESOLUTION:
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ADOPT1NG THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN DATED
MARCH 17, 2003, AS REVISED FOR AND BY THE PUBLIC
HEARING CONDUCTED ON APRIL 8, 2003, FOR THE LOUDOUN
COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING DISTRICT
(LCSWMPD)
WHEREAS, the Draft Solid Waste Managemem Plan was pmsemed at a Public Hearing on April
18, 2003 at the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors adopted the Solid Waste Master Plan on May 5, 2003; and
WHEREAS, The Leesburg Environmental Advisory Commission recommends that the Leesburg
Town Council adopt the Solid Waste Master Plan.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The Town Council of the Town of Leesburg hereby confirms the participation of
the Town of Leesburg in the LCSWMPD, which currently includes the Town of Hamilton, Hillsboro,
Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, Round Hill, and the unincorporated portions of Loudoun County,
with the same benefits and privileges as existing members, and requests that the other member
jurisdictions likewise concur.
SECTION II. The Leesburg Town Council does hereby adopt the Loudoun County Solid Waste
Management Plan dated March 17, 2003 presented at the April 8, 2003 Public Hearing, as revised.
SECTION III. The Leesburg Town Council hereby requests and authorizes the staff of the
County Office of Solid Waste Management to submit the adopted Solid Waste Management Plan to the
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of the District.
PASSED this 94 day of September 2003.
ATFEST:
erk of Council
R03:LCSWMPD