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QUANTITY OF RESIDUALS ACCEPTED Approximately 200 tons of Residuals are accepted per day. However, the quantity does fluctuate in proportion to the canneries daily output. WORK PLAN Description of Operation The Spread and Disc operation is ideal for returning food production residuals to the soils from which they came and is now a widely accepted practice. By the very nature of the types of residuals accepted at the Site requires special-attention and equipment to preclude the creation of a nusicance and health hazard. Cannery residuals are transported to the Site, unloaded and spread evenly over a planned spread area. Residuals are allowed to dry and are then incorporated into the soil. Through this process organic matter decomposes and leads to the formation of Humus, which increases the soils capacity to promote plant growth. Furthermore, the soils internal structure is rearranged in a fashion which promotes better adsorption of water. Description of Residuals Organic residuals provide a useful source of Nitrogen for the agricultural crops. The residuals spread at the Delta Container Site yield up to .6% Nitrogen by dry weight for fruit materials and nearly 3.2% Nitrogen by dry weight for Tomato residuals. Description of Monitoring System Monitoring operations of the Site include Daily records of the total number of loads delivered,, locations of spreading area, a Log of unusual occurrences, removal of non-biodegradable material, and soil sampling before and after spreading operations. Description of Equipment A four wheel drive farm tractor is used to pull a 12, wide Box Scraper when spreading the wet residuals. Every 12 hours the deposited residuals are incorporated into the soil using Spring Tooth cultivator. Within 5 days of deposition the materials are completely dried. The regime presented has been designed in order to disrupt the normal reproduction cycle of the common Fly. A variety of if different vehicles are used to transport 4