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r Harney Lane Dump*** (Continued from Page One) The Public Works Director noted that upon continue charging a fee for an indefinite time county takeover of operations, a new self- to fully observe the acceptance of the fee by loading scraper would,be acquired. users of the facility. — The self-loading scraper should be im- Wong said Harney Lane will serve as a pilot mediately acquired in case daily covering of study for possible future total fee on a coun- refuse should be mandated before county tywide basis and that the fee revenues should takeover. be used for the acquisition of the new site, for —The City of Lodi cooperate and support in site development and for new equipment. every manner possible in the legal and com- -The county should consider public munity considerations for the acquisition or a operation of the sanitary landfill site in view of replacement for the Harney Lane site. the near equal costs presented for public vs. —Upon acquisition, site development be private operation and the added advantage of undertaken including planting of trees, better control and greater flexibility to change, -shrubbery and appropriate signing along pending receipt of a future proposal from county roads for environmental improvement. Easley and Brassy or others which may —Excess acreage of the new site not needed warrant reconsideration of private operation. immediately for landfill operations be leased — The county should strongly consider for appropriate agricultural use not in conflict charging a fee for disposal at all sanitary with landfill operations. landfill sites, and that these charges be ad- Wong said a return of revenue to the county justed annually to recover all disposal costs. would be thus realized and the site ap- Wong said the charges should be based on pearances would be maintained in good tonnage in order to more properly develop true housekeeping order. quanitative figures and control of landfill site —The cities and counties, together with the life expectancies. health department, should discuss with the —The county immediately acquire by canners of the canners association the purchase or lease a new dozer to replace the C- problems of cannery work .; 7 presently in use at Harney Lane, and its "Cannery waste can no longer be acceptable financing by the county and Lodi be on the in a landfill when such waste cannot be ration previously specified. processed to meet environmental and•health —During the interim of continued operation requirements," Wong asserted. by the City of Lodi,the city should continue to Tomorrow: The state mandated solid waste utilize private contractors for trenching disposal_program. , operations. •