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2021-07-02 Solid Waste Management Plan Adoption RESOLUTION # 2021-07-02 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN ADOPTION The following Resolution was presented and adopted by Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors ("Board") at its Business Meeting on Tuesday, July 20, 2021: WHEREAS, in 1991, to facilitate regional coordination of solid waste services, Pittsylvania County, Virginia("County"), and the Towns of Chatham, Hurt, and Gretna were designated a Solid Waste Management Region by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Waste Management; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Virginia Waste Management Act, Virginia Code, § 10.1-1411, the Virginia Waste Management Board has mandated that all solid waste planning units in the Commonwealth develop and adopt a Solid Waste Management Plan("SWMP"); and WHEREAS,the County, in accordance with 9VAC20-130-173, has revised the June 2015 SWMP. This revision,dated July 2021,attached hereto as Exhibit"A"and made a part officially hereof, outlines the following goals: 1. Provide a cost-efficient service to the citizens of the County, regardless of area or population; 2. Reduce unlawful solid waste disposal; 3. Protect groundwater and air quality; and 4. Establish a policy that promotes and supports the education of County leadership, administration, businesses leaders, County Offices and Departments, and the public at large on the benefits of diverting waste through recycling, recovery, and reuse. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby approves and adopts the SWMP as revised. Given under my hand the 20th day of July, 2021. ----d571(f. A4A—,_____ Robert("Bob") W. Warren °\\ Chairman, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors ,._.� ,-,..,./..\*• ' ATTEST: y- M. it an, erk Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors