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- ----- --- - Transfer/Processing Report Tracy Material Recovery and Transfer Facility 30703 5. Maolrthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 within a few days. The wood chips are loaded from the stockpile into transfer trailers where the material is transported to an off-site biomass energy facility. There is no on-site biomass energy facility. The proposed biomass gasification operations would include the following activity and as provided below: • Construct and operate biomass gasification unit. • Allow 24-hour operation and maintenance of the biomass gasification unit • Utilize 40 TPD of clean wood chips processed on-site as the fuel source. • Generate 1 mega-watt of renewable energy to power on-site operations The applicant proposes to add a biomass gasification unit to produce green electricity out of the clean processed wood waste materials that are currently recovered and processed on-site. The applicant proposes to utilize 40 tons per day (TPD) of clean wood chips processed on-site to generate approximately 1 mega-watt/hour of electricity. Prior to start-up, the operator will notify the LEA of the proposed location and receive the necessary air permits from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, who has already permitted a similar unit operating in Merced County. The AMMIL wood waste that is recovered and processed into biomass wood chips is currently being hauled to the Central Valley (to Woodland, Tracy, Rocklin or Andersen), to be combusted at biomass-to-energy facilities. The electricity is considered renewable power and will assist in achieving the state mandate of utilizing 20% renewable energy by 2010. Current state policy and future laws could increase the amount of renewable energy used in California to 33% by 2020. The applicant proposes to use proven gasification technologies that convert biomass into a synthetic natural gas ("syngas") through the process of thermo- chemical conversion in a contained biomass gasification unit. This syngas is then used to fuel a specially modified natural gas genset that provides renewable electricity and heat. The biomass gasification process is a thermo-chemical one that `cooks' biomass in an oxygen starved environment. By depriving the fuel of sufficient oxygen the biomass does not burn, but rather gives off a hydrogen rich syngas. As the biomass gives off the syngas, it is transformed into bio-char and ash of approximately 1-5% of the volume of biomass fuel. The syngas is then captured, cleaned and cooled before being sent as fuel to the Genset. The Gensets are provided by a variety of nationally known vendors such as Cummins, Caterpillar, or GE. This ensures that there are readily available spare parts and maintenance technicians available locally. The bio-char has demonstrated ability to sequester carbon in solid form for upward of 1,000 years if ® applied as a soil amendment. A conveyor fed hopper provides the most flexible solution to deliver biomass wood chips into the unit into the fuel hopper. Once in 14