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SMALL VEHICLE COMERSION FACTOR <br /> Although both the Lovelace Transfer Station and the Harney Lane <br /> Landfill have scales, only the larger vehicles are weighed. <br /> Smaller vehicle loads are recorded by volume. Therefore, it is <br /> necessary to calculate a factor to convert the cubic yard volume <br /> Of smaller vehicle non-weighed waste to tons. In developing this <br /> conversion factor, it is assumed that waste delivered to the <br /> Lovelace Transfer station in small vehicles is similar in weight <br /> to the small vehicle waste at other County sites. Thus, the <br /> conversion factor calculated for the Lovelace Transfer Station is <br /> applicable to other sites for similar vehicle type non-weighed <br /> waste. This factor was calculated as follows: <br /> Total tons transferred from the LTS 1990. . . . . 132,593 <br /> Less: Weight of incoming weighed waste. . . . . . . 100, 991 <br /> Equals: Weight of non-weighed incoming waste. 31, 602 <br /> Divided by: cy volume of incoming <br /> non-weighed waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 622 <br /> Equals: conversion factor for cy to tons. . . . . .2401 <br /> Thus, the .2401 factor, or 480 pounds per cubic yard, is used in <br /> this report to convert non-weighed smaller vehicle type waste to <br /> tons for the Foothill and Harney Lane Landfills. <br /> This conversion factor has also changed through the years. Past <br /> conversion factors are as follows: <br /> YEAR CONVERSION FACTOR <br /> 1988 .2563 <br /> 1989 .2435 <br /> 1990 .2401 <br /> TOTAL WASTE DELIVERED TO LANDFILLS DURING 1990 <br /> IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> Disposal Site <br /> Total Received <br /> e eived <br /> L-- <br /> 1988 1989 1990 <br /> Harney Lane SL <br /> 124, 901 124,969 140, 767 <br /> Austin Road SL 152, 452 138, 300 132 , 243 <br /> Foothill SL 127, 116 135, 093 150, 671 <br /> *Corral Hollow SL 72, 998 61..278 54_,988 <br /> Subtotal: 477,467 459, 640 478, 669 <br /> **French Camp SL 45, 240 20, 000 29, 388 <br /> Forward Inc. SL 78,300 75 . 256 717 IL36 <br /> Z_4"__1 <br /> 601, 007 554 , 896 644 , 774 <br /> 3 <br />