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In the first case, the operator must be bonded and insured under the state’s new financial assurance obligations which took effect last October, Mr. McCarthy noted. The regulations apply to private licensed operators as well as privately owned and operated landfills. “That’s another reason why Clifton Clark’s landfill (the private facility near Woodville which has served as the county’s dump for the last decade) couldn’t continue to be used.
Privately licensed landfill opera- '■ tors must post a performance bond, j either cash or letters of credit, “and 5 that in itself can be very expensive,” 5
Mr. McCarthy said. “Of course, that | will be passed along to whoever em- I ploys the operator. ” |
This bonding cost is avoided if j the operate is a county employee, > Mr. McCarthy noted. “Then the \ county has all the liability . . . T¥e ? full faith and credit of the county is & behind the landfill. You might say * that tax revenues are the guarantee j it will be run well.” ?
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