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the neighboring counties agree to accept out-of-county wastes (if they are not doing so already) . Such an agreement would either reduce or increase wastes to be managed in the County. Fourth, enactment of more stringent legislation (such as SB 1500, which prohibits land disposal of untreated hazardous wastes after May 1990) would in turn require increased waste treatment, recycling or both. Another result of such legislation, in combination with the increasingly prohibitive costs of waste treatment and the escalating issue of liability, is that on-site treatment of wastes and waste minimization practices will be encouraged. This, however, requires that the technical and financial barriers to on-site waste treatment and "minimization are outweighed by the costs of treating wastes off-site. In addition, inertia can be an important obstacle in any large-scale change, particularly when wasteful practices are built into the equipment and processes used by many hazardous waste generators. It is important. to consider not only the capacities of currently- operating commercial TSDFs but also those of "planned" and "proposed" facilities to determine the County's potential for treating its hazardous wastes. The County has no off-site commercial TSDFs cur- rently in operation; however, two treatment facilities have been proposed (see Section 7.0) . The proposal to recycle waste oil and lubricants and use them to convert agricultural residues into high-energy briquettes is currently in the midst of the year-long review process mandated by AB 2948. By the end of October 1988, the Local Assessment Committee (which is charged under AB 2948 with the responsibility of guiding the review process) will determine whether the project should be granted approv- al . According to the firm's estimates, 15,000 tons of waste oil and lubricants could be recycled annually if the proposed facility were operating at maximum capacity. This would more than adequately meet the County's projected need for oil recovery (assuming no unforeseen circumstances) . Projections indicate that an estimated 7,422 tons will require oil - recovery in the year 2000. Therefore, if the PJ9 9390502D.00D 8-3 Rev. 1 11/08/88