Long-Range Plan
Frederick County’s long-range plan to coordinate and guide the physical development of the County is presented in the Frederick County Comprehensive Plan. Consistency with the County Comprehensive Plan is important for developing solid waste management goals and objectives. The solid waste management goals are intended to provide a consistent directional framework during the 20-year solid waste management planning period which are contained in the Frederick County Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) [Note:The file size is 24.13 MB], which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on October 13, 2011 via Resolution 11-27 and is subject to approval by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).

The most recent updates and amendments are summarized as follows:

• Various updates to data and programs occurring in the last several years.
• An amendment placing a Public School Recycling Plan into the SWMP (Chapter 5) to meet the requirements of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Environment Article, §9-1703(b)(10) for public school recycling plans
• An amendment placing a Florescent and Compact Florescent Lighting Management Plan (Chapter 5) to meet Environment Article, §9-1703(b)(11)
• Amendments allowing on-farm composting of food waste with on-farm use, and certain commercial food waste anaerobic digestion operations, as conceptually approved by the BOCC (Chapter 5, with limited mention in Chapter 4)

Proposed Amendments and Updates to the SWMP
Current proposed changes and amendments are summarized as follows:

• Various updates to data and programs occurring in the last several years, noted in the margin as "HK updates" (housekeeping updates)
• An amendment placing a Apartment Building and Condominium Recycling Plan into the SWMP (Chapter 5) to meet the requirements of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Environment Article, §9-1703(b)(13) for apartment building and condominium recycling plans, noted in the margin as "MF updates" (multi-family recycling updates) 
• An amendment changing the minimum recycling rate as required by the Annotated Code of Maryland, Environment Article §9-505, noted in the margin as "IR updates" (increased recycling updates)
• Revisions required as per a conditional acceptance letter received from MDE on February 3, 2012 in response to previous approved changes and amendments listed in the section above, noted in the margin as "MDE updates"

The current proposed changes and amendments can be found as proposed changes in this document as red-lined changes:  
Red-Lined Version [Note: the file size of this document is 17.7 MB]
A document showing all proposed changes and amendments accepted as part of the document can be viewed here:
"Clean" Version [Note: the file size of this document is 17.5 MB]