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Automated Disposal and Non-Automated Disposal areas shown on Drawing RSI-2. The Non-Automated Disposal users manually unload waste onto the tipping/sorting floor after backing into the stalls shown. The Automated Disposal users back into stalls shown and automatically tip or dump the waste onto the tipping/sorting floor. Traffic will be directed to the tipping stalls for unloading. The proposed transfer building will be enclosed by metal walls and a roof which will limit the effects of weather on the unloading area. There is a surplus of space available on the sorting/tipping floor of the Transfer Building. The Station design provides an expanded sorting /tipping floor to allow for proposed hand sorting methods for recycling and transfer operations. Additional space is available in the floor plan for recycling equipment to be installed in the future, if needed to meet requirements mandated by the California Integrated Waste Management Act. However, at this time, recycling equipment is not included in the Station renovation project. (4) Incoming Materials Storage According to calculations in Appendix J, the Tipping/Sorting floor has the capacity to store incoming material, anticipated in the year 2010, for roughly 1.3 days (644 TPD average for year 2010 high est° ate; Section I.C.2.b.);conservatively assuming the hypothetical condition that recyclable removal or transfer operations are not functioning. This storage capacity is based on a conservative 4 foot storage depth for the northerly 200 X 165 ft of the floor (remainder of southerly portion would be used for recycling), and a conversion density of 350 lbs/CY (conversion from 1991 County waste report). The actual storage could be increased under special circumstances (deeper depth by using 8 foot grade differentials between Automated Disposal unloading areas and tipping floor), up to 12 feet. However, the need for using additional storage is unlikely because the County will be continually performing removal operations and as a policy will attempt to remove all material at the end of each day. In addition, because the design capacity exceeds proposed throughput, storage of incoming material should not be a concern. (5) Hazardous Materials Storage Storage of diesel fuel will be according to approved methods and container systems. Section b, below, contains a description of limited Household Hazardous Waste Recycling activities that will be performed on-site. b. Salvaging and Materials Recovery The proposed facility will include a Recycling Storage Area and a Recycling Drop-off Area. The Recycling Storage Area is directly south of the Transfer Building at an elevation approximately eight feet below the Tipping/Sorting Floor of the Transfer Building. This area will be paved with portland cement concrete. After roll-off bins, which are stationed at the "Z wall",are filled with recyclable material from sorting 07549001.012 34 September 23,1993