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for incoming weighed traffic when transfer trucks must use the scale. In order to minimize non-weighed Station traffic backing up on to Lovelace Road, the expansion for the Station was designed with four incoming lanes, which include two lanes for non-automated dumping vehicles. In addition there is one lane for automated dumping vehicles and one lane for incoming transfer vehicles. As mentioned previously, the design capacity for Non-Automated Disposal traffic is mainly a function of gate processing times. An analysis of stacking of traffic in the proposed incoming Non-Automated Disposal lanes, during peak hours, is presented in Section III.A.2.b,below. The evaluation indicates that the additional stacking for non-automated dumping traffic proposed for the expansion will have the capacity to process up to approximately 50% above the peak 1992 weekend Station traffic without stacking onto Lovelace Road. In order to process non-automated dumping projected peak hourly traffic for the year 2010,the evaluation includes findings that gate transaction processing times may need to be as low as 30 seconds to prevent traffic stacking onto Lovelace Road. The County will be implementing a faster computer system at the new Station in 1993. Tests of the system indicated that average 30 second transaction times are achievable with the new system. In addition, the County will open another cashier window, if needed, during peak traffic periods. d. Average Load Capacity in the Next 5 Years The average throughput over the next five years will depend upon whether the Station waste projections correspond to "low"waste estimates or more conservative "high" waste estimates. Assuming the "high" estimates are incurred, the annual tonnages projected for years 1995 and 2000 are 165,756 and 199,041, respectively (Table I.D.2.b, High, Appendix ). Therefore, assuming that the expansion construction project is completed by 1995, the estimated total throughput would be roughly 200,000 tons five years from that time. On a daily basis, this average loading over the next five years would range from 455 to 547 TPD when annual projections are averaged over 364 days. When daily averages for Non-Automated Disposal (364 days) and Automated Disposal (286 days) are added; this results in a range of 533 to 640 TPD (See summary Table I.D.2.b.). It should be noted that the adding of these numbers may slightly overestimate daily averages in that Non-Automated Disposal usage is lower during the week when the Automated Disposal daily tonnages would be experienced. Therefore, the average loading is expected to be within both ranges or be from 455 to 640 TPD between 1995 and the year 2000 (5 years from the expansion). This is within the estimated transfer design capacity of 1,320 TPD. 07549001.012 12 September 23,1993