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Processing Facility <br /> <br />Grinding and composting operations will be performed at adjacent areas at oMcF <br />(Drawing A-l). Yard waste receiving, inspection and grinding will be done on a 2 <br />acre parcel (Section A) across the upper access road from an 8 acre parcel (Section <br />B) which will be utilized for windrow composting. A 1-acre parcel (Section C) will <br />be used for curing, final screening and storage. An additional 2.69 acre area will be <br />available within a year to accommodate product storage. <br /> <br />Compost Technology <br /> <br />BFI has extensive experience with yard waste composting and suCCessfully operates <br />22 yard waste composting facilities nationwide. BFI has chosen the agitated <br />windrow method as the appropriate .technology for composting at OMCF. The <br />windrow system is a highly effective technology for maintaining strict process control <br />while allowing for flexibility in feedstock and-producing an excellent end-product. <br /> <br />Process Flow <br /> <br />A schematic design showing the materials flow through the OMCF can be found in <br />Drawing P-I. Yard waste will be brought to the OMCF in transfer trucks from the <br />San Carlos Transfer Station. The transfer truck will cross the scale where the <br />scalehouse operator will record the gross vehicle weight and direct the driver to the <br />feedstock receiving area. Public vehicles such as landscape and homeowner trucks <br />will stop at the scalehouse where their loads will be inspected and yardage recorded <br />before they are sent to the feedstock receiving area. Compost facility personnel will <br />direct all vehicles to the unloading area where all loads will be inspected both before <br />and after unloading. This inspection method will insure that prohibited materials will <br />be detected and removed from the compost feedstock. During the start-up phase <br />OMCF will have on site a sorting belt and sorters to ensure that all contaminants are <br />removed from the feedstock. Incidental contaminants will be stored in a roll-off <br />container and disposed of at the landfill. As customers become more info,~,ed and <br />involved in the yard waste collection program and with BFI's four step inspection <br />program contaminants will become less than 1% of the total yard waste tonnage. <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> <br />