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D. COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT The specific components of the project are listed below. (Refer to Figure 3-2: Preliminary Site Plan). • Transfer Building Public Disposal Area Commercial Disposal Area Tipping/Sorting Floor - Transfer Tunnel • Recycling Area • Recycling Drop-Off • Hazardous Waste Storage • Scale House • Scales • Office/Maintenance Building • Employee/Visitor Parking • Transfer Trailer Parking • Fuel Station • Roadways • Retention Pond • Utilities • Fencing • Landscaping D. PROPOSED FACILITIES 1. Transfer Building The Transfer Building will be a single large structure of steel frame construction with metal siding and reinforced concrete foundations, covering an area of approximately 120,000 square feet, and rising about 50 feet above the Tipping/Sorting Floor at its highest point. All exterior rollup doorways will be approximately 15 feet high. Direct access to the Tipping/Sorting Floor from the exterior will be provided through the west side at the south end of the floor. Lighting will be primarily natural light provided through translucent fiberglass roof and wall panels. Artificial lighting will also be provided. Natural and mechanical ventilation will be provided through a roof vent running the entire length of the ridge line of the building. The interior of the Transfer Building will be provided with fire sprinklers. The Transfer Building encompasses four different areas: The Public Disposal Area on the east side, at an elevation four feet above the Tipping/Sorting Floor; the Commercial Disposal Area on the west side, at an elevation eight feet above the Tipping/Sorting Floor; the Tipping/Sorting Floor in the central area of the building; and the Transfer TunnJ on the north side, at an elevation fifteen feet below the Tipping/Sorting Floor. A loading slot located on the north end of the Tipping/Sorting Floor above thehe Transfer Tunnel will be provided to transfer twaste by gravity into the transfer trailers. 3-3