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VI. OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION <br /> Characterization of Waste Discharge <br /> We will be processing fresh vegetables. Our purpose is to take fresh <br /> vegetables we have grown on our farm and make them more convenient for <br /> the public, by cutting, peeling or slicing, and then packaging for shipment. We <br /> are hoping everything is approved to start by July 1, 2010. <br /> Fresh vegetable processing will create a wastewater discharge from <br /> washing/sanitizing the fresh vegetables, as well as the hard surfaces and <br /> machinery used during processing. For sanitization we will be using water <br /> with an environmentally safe micro biocide product, SaniDate 12.0, from <br /> BioSafe Systems. SaniDate 12.0, with an activated peroxygen chemistry, is a <br /> chlorine alternative without the harmful byproducts. Please-see specimen <br /> label attached. <br /> During processing we will have two vegetable washers, each holding <br /> approximately 300 gallons of the water/sanitization solution. We will drain <br /> washer tank used daily after the processing shift, as well as wash down all <br /> hard surfaces and machinery used in the processing area. There will be a <br /> f <br /> drain down the center of the floor for all wastewater to flow to the sump <br /> pump station. As the sump pump station fills it will be pumped into our <br /> private agricultural irrigation line (2ft by 1200 ft) to be used for crop irrigation <br /> on 30+ acres, as needed. <br /> All residual solid waste from vegetable processing will be composted on <br /> site about one half mile north of proposed processing building and then <br /> discharged to land as soil amendments. <br />