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® • Procedures for recovering costs associated with illegal disposal of hazardous waste; and • Other procedures as may be needed, as approved by the LEA. Special handing procedures are also employed by the landfill for specific types of waste as described below (also provided in Section 7.4.2): • Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) are removed from televisions arid computer monitors and stored onsite prior to shipping to an offsite for reuse/disposal. The housing and associated wiring is landfilled. • Tires are segregated from the waste stream and stored onsite prior to shipping to an offsite vendor for reuse/disposal. • White goods are diverted from the waste stream and stored onsite. The landfill operator contracts with a vendor who comes onsite to remove and capture Freon gas from refrigerators and air conditioners. Once the freon is removed the white goods are the landfilled. The protection of the health and safety of th general public at unloading areas is accomplished with the use of signs for information and t affic control, use of attendants at all times that direct the customers, operators keep an eye on ustomers, portable radios are used on-site for communication. 7.7. ENVIRONMENTAL Nuisance is, in part, defined in Title 27 as "anything which is injurious to human health or is indecent or offensive to the�senses and interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property". Operations a400thill Sanitary Landfill are conducted to mitigate landfill nuisance. The nuisance control xfieasure employed by the facility are discussed in Sections 7.7.1 through 7.7.11. j 7.7.1. Fire Control The scale house, maintenance building, and lunch trailer all have wall -mounted fire extinguishers. In addition, all heavy equipment and vehicles are equipped with fire Foothill Sanitary Landfill Page 53 of 62 Public Works/Solid Waste JTD County of San Joaquin — Revised 10/6/05