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Transfer/Processing Report Tracy Material Recovery and Transfer Facility 30703 5. MacArthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 OPERATIONS PLAN D. Site Operations 18221.6(d) descriptive statement of the manner in which activities are to be conducted at the facility Overall Operations Plan The Tracy MRF & TS accepts nonhazardous solid waste from the City of Tracy and the southern San Joaquin County area. Recyclable materials are extracted from the waste stream, and the residual waste is transported to a permitted landfill for disposal, generally to the Foothill Landfill in the County. The majority of activities at the facility take place indoors at the MRF/TS building (of approximately 45,000 square feet), including the tipping, processing and transfer of municipal solid waste (MSW) and non-recyclable residues for landfilling, the tipping, sorting, and processing of recyclables; vehicle and equipment maintenance takes place in a separate building which also houses the administrative offices. Outdoor activities include processing and composting of yard waste, sorting of construction and demolition/inert debris, and processing of white goods for Freon and mercury switch removal. Driveways, parking and maneuvering areas are surfaced with concrete or asphalt. Access to the site is via MacArthur Drive to the entrance driveway at the northern end of the site. Commercial and self-haul vehicles proceed to the gatehouse and are weighed at the scale, as appropriate, and where loads are screened for hazardous materials and assessment of tipping fees; the vehicles are then directed to the appropriate tipping areas. The gatehouse Is located over 800 feet along the access road from the MacArthur Drive entrance, allowing for substantial queuing of vehicles, negating the need for any traffic to back up on to MacArthur Drive. Parking for employees and visitors is located adjacent to the administration and maintenance building at the southern end of the site. Truck parking is located in the center of the site adjacent to the MRF/TS building. Trucks with full loads enter the site from South MacArthur Drive and proceed to the truck scale(s) alongside the scale house. After being weighed, trucks hauling commercial and residential recyclables are directed to the Material Recovery Facility tipping area where a spotter backs them in to dump their materials. Trucks carrying municipal solid wastes are directed to the Transfer Station tipping area where a spotter directs them to dump their wastes. Transfer trucks hauling solid waste to be transferred off-site enter under the loading bays (located at the southeast corner of the MRF/TS building) via a ramp beginning at the west side of the site and proceeding along the south side of the building. The trucks then exit from the loading bay via a ramp located to the east of the MRF/TS building and 10