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4 Presorting Materials CONTRACTOR will assign floor sorting staff to self-haul tipping areas within the Transfer Station to presort large materials for diversion. The large items will include metal, white goods, wood, mattresses, reusable items, rigid plastics, and other potential recyclables. Loaders will support the sorting staff by separating loads and removing heavy items for diversion. During the start-up, CONTRACTOR will presort items as employee safety prevails, which will be based on the various construction projects and space constraints. As additional space becomes available, full presorting of materials will be implemented. The presorted items will be stored in bunkers, roll-off boxes, trailers, or in designated areas on the Transfer Station floor or outside the building. Reusable items will be stored outside the transfer building in a St. Vincent DePaul container. CONTRACTOR will work with St. Vincent DePaul to train floor sorting staff on quality standards for reusable items. CONTRACTOR may expand presorted items as determined by inbound volumes, markets, and ease of separation. The presorting is extremely Important and will continue after the installation of the processing line inside the Transfer Station, see Section 5, Mixed C&D Sorting. 5 Mixed C&D Sorting The greatest opportunity for maximizing diversion is separating C&D from the Solid Waste. Mixed C&D material will be identified by the scale operators and tipped in a designated area for sorting. Sorting will be assigned to the C&D tipping areas within the Transfer Station to presort divertible items and remove contaminates before material is loaded and transferred to the off- site C&D processing facility. During the start-up, CONTRACTOR will sort mixed C&D materials by hand within the Transfer Station with the assistance of a loader operator. The loader operator will spread mixed C&D loads out to help with sorting and continue to push sorted C&D material into a designated pile away from the sorting area. This will maximize the space for sorting the C&D material for transfer. Sorters will focus on removing bags of Solid Waste, non-reusable furniture, individual items over 150 pounds, and material over eight feet long in any two directions. Sorting staff will also be assigned to Solid Waste tipping areas for identification and pulling of C&D material to move into the C&D area. Floor sorting of C&D material can only achieve a certain level of diversion. CONTRACTOR has proposed to install and operate a processing line inside the Transfer Station. The processing line would allow for expanded capacity and the ability to process Organics, C&D material and divert additional materials. This processing line will be further discussed in 2010 with the Authority for potential implementation after Transfer Station operations have commenced and the Transfer Station building improvements have been completed Facility Agreement, Attachment 19 Self Haul Diversion Plan Page 3 of 3