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CANTON St. Lawrence County legislators met with direct-haul private garbage collectors Wednesday as the county tries to cut the cost of its Solid Waste Department, take into account the impact on businesses and reconsider who should pay for what.
Over the next few months, the county will work on how much it would charge haulers who redirect some of their loads from the Development Authority of the North Country-operated landfill in Rodman to a St. Lawrence County transfer site and how long it might guarantee a particular price in return for the increased tonnage.
The county may also ask a consultant to develop an analysis of how the costs of Solid Waste should be distributed. The department is considered an enterprise fund meaning users of the transfer stations pay for most of its costs but as tonnages have slipped and costs escalate, some legislators want to change how expenses are covered, such as dealing with leachate from closed landfills, following state Department of Environmental Conservation guidelines on recycling and various administrative costs they believe affect everyone who generates waste.
We have the responsibility of making sure were charging everyone equally, and its not happening now, said Legislator Frederick S. Morrill, D-DeKalb Junction. Its the bottom line of solid waste we have to charge for. When one-third of the waste generators are paying all the common costs, you cant get past that emergency.
Mr. Morrill has proposed increasing a surcharge for direct haulers to the DANC landfill in Jefferson County from $4.50 per ton to $18.50 per ton. The bulk of the increase, $13 per ton, would be a new surcharge to help the county cover its underused transfer stations. The existing $4.50 per ton fee to cover leachate removal would increase to $5.50 per ton.
While the direct haulers call the surcharge a tax, Mr. Morrill said it is a user fee that he expects the companies would pass on to their customers who previously have avoided certain expenses that patrons of the transfer stations have paid.
I dont think its a charge for not using something, Mr. Morrill said. Youre been getting something for free.
Sticking the bigger haulers and their customers with another fee is not the answer and will result in widespread distress, said Chester W. Skip Bisnett, general manager of the countys largest private solid waste collector, Casella Waste Services, Potsdam.
I dont have enough people to answer 5,000 phone calls and you dont either, Mr. Bisnett said. I do think youve had some opportunities to deal with this in the past and you havent.
Officials also plan to talk with haulers who already bring their loads to the countys transfer sites, from where the trash is taken to the DANC landfill, and with Solid Waste employees about the idea of privatization.
Maybe we could come up with a solution that may involve a little bit of everything, said Legislator Alex A. MacKinnon, R-Fowler.
There may be a way for the county to develop a public/private partnership without harming employees, Mr. MacKinnon said.
Some legislators said they believe the answer lies in eliminating the county Solid Waste Department.
All these costs could be lower if the county were out of the business, said Legislator Kevin D. Acres, R-Madrid. The writings on the wall. Our equipment is old. Its a perfect opportunity.
Mr. Bisnett urged legislators not to pick a path without proper vetting and to consider the long view as tonnages continue to drop for everyone and the state gets more serious about increased recycling and composting.
In 2004, Casella had a truck stationed at General Motors in Massena seven days a week, Mr. Bisnett said.
Thats all gone, he said. Thats the challenge we all have.
Gibson & Son, Canton, which provides service to St. Lawrence University, used to make two trips to the DANC landfill daily, but is down to one as recycling gains ground, Kathy A. Gibson said.
This whole thing is based on the fact were all shrinking, and what are we going to do about that? Were not reconciling those numbers, Mr. Bisnett said. Were chewing on the same bone and the bones getting smaller.
Even though the county is handling 7,000 tons of waste less than it did seven years ago, the hours at the transfer stations have not changed, Mr. Bisnett said.
You need to cut costs, said James N. Gibson of Gibson & Son. Im not asking you to fire anybody. Cant people be shifted around?
The county is cutting Solid Wastes other post-employment benefit costs for 2014, an accounting change that will reduce the amount of money the county collects for a future use without being able to spend it on present needs, Mr. Morrill said.
The village of Massena should not see its costs go up while the county gets its house in order, said Hassan A. Fayad, the villages superintendent of public works.
The village pays $122 per ton to use the countys transfer site in Massena but could drop its costs dramatically under a public/private partnership it is considering.
Shame on me for not looking at that, Mr. Fayad said.
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text: Corey Smith and Ryan Dimick of Price race in a CLMA event in Rock Springs, Wyo. Smith, number 21, won first place in his heat and fourth in the main event, while Dimick, number 22, took fifth in his heat and 13th in the main event. Twenty competitors from all over the west competed in the event on Saturday, June 18. They couldn't have placed as good as they did without the support given to them by Elvin Anderson, Jerry Long and Corinna Anderson, who supported them while competing in Rock Springs.

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The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 13.4 contains the following:
- AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 12.104
- HydraVision™ for Windows Vista® and Windows® 7
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
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- The AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center requires that the Microsoft® .NET Framework SP1 be installed for Windows Vista. Without .NET SP1 installed, the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message
- When installing the AMD Catalyst Driver for Windows operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst Driver
- The AMD Catalyst 13.4 requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed
- These release notes provide information on the AMD Catalyst Display Driver only. For information on the AMD Multimedia Center™, HydraVision, HydraVision Basic Edition, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: http://support.amd.com/
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The United States Food and Drug Administration warns Carbon County consumers to avoid eating certain jars of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with 2111. The warning comes due to possible contamination with salmonella, a bacterium that causes food borne illness. Symptoms of salmonella include fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.
Consumers who have purchased Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter with the code in question since May should discard the product.
For the last two years, Price has offered a funding program to assist city residents who are struggling financially with utility bills.
The program allows Price consumers to include financial donations with utility payments or deliver the money to the city treasurer's office. A committee allocates funds based on a case to case basis.
According to Price officials, donations to the funding program registered at the highest level to date last month. For information, local residents may contact the city treasurer.
The United States Department of Agriculture announced the federal agency's intent to start accepting applications for the value-added producer grant program.
Castle Valley farmers and ranchers as well as agriculture producer cooperatives may apply to the USDA for VAPG grant funds. Value added agriculture projects should increase the net profit margins back to farmers and ranchers on the commodities produced.
For additional information, Castle Valley residents may contact Richard Carrig at (801) 542-4328.