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Description, Chapter 2.0. A4 A variety of compost products will be produced based on customer demand. Products will include mulches, soil amendments, potting soils, and blended mixes. Custom blending services will be offered. A majority of the finished products will be sold in bulk. However, a bagging operation will be considered based on customer demand and the economics involved. Some compost products will be used on facility landscaping as a demonstration and marketing strategy. Products will be marketed to landscape contractors, sail amendment retailers, municipalities, homeowners, and gardeners. Potential markets in the horticultural and agricultural industries will be developed. The key to successful marketing and utilization of compost products is the quality of the products. Quality control will be an integral part of every processing and management function. Quality control procedures will ensure that products are of the highest quality, free of pathogens and weed seeds, and that they pose no human or environmental risk. Laboratory and plant response tests will be an important ;part of the quality control procedures. Where necessary,finished compost products will be screened to eliminate any physical contaminant still present. A compliance monitoring plan will be implemented to ensure that all compost products meet the performance standards of Title 14, Chapter 31, Article 4. All products will be innocuous and free of sharp -edged particles. Maximum acceptable metal concentrations will not be exceeded. - Pathogen reduction procedures as to time and temperature will be conducted for an aerobic windrow system. All required analysis and testing will be performed by a' Department, of Health Services certified laboratory in accordance with Section 17889. A5 Yard and wood waste processing and storage will be located outdoors and will be uncovered. Saturated conditions can create anaerobic conditions and odors. Materials susceptible to anaerobic conditions such as green grass cuttings or animal manures will be given priority handling or covered during rainy weather. ' Mitigation Measure 4.5-1 has been revised to clarify this issue, and the Project Description (Chapter 2.0) has been revised to include this information. The requirement that there be no direct precipitation onto waste applies to the garbage, excluding yard and wood waste, being tipped and processed within the transfer station. A6 The wood storage and composting area will indeed be paved. The existence of a concrete composting pad will ensure all-weather equipment operation so that aerobic conditions can be maintained. Mitigation Measure 4.5-1 states that it may be either lined or paved. However, the applicants are proposing that it be paved. Mitigation Measure 4.5-1 and the Project Description have been revised to clarify this issue. A7 According to the San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, ground water at the project site stands at elevation 70 feet mean sea level, or approximately' 95 feet below the ground surface. Water levels achieve an equilibrium based upon a balance between recharge, pumping, and subsurface inflow and outflow and remain relatively stable. The constant agricultural pumping in the area serves to prevent a precipitous rise in the groundwater table. The shallow aquifer is not in a condition of overdraft ER -93-1 -9- (11-23-93)