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3-7 3.4.4 Load Checking As also discussed in Section 3.4.1, incoming loads are inspected upon entrance at the facility in accordance with the Load Checking Program. Load checks of feedstocks are performed at the material sorting area as required by 14 CCR, Section 17867(a)(3). In addition, incoming loads are also checked for hazardous or prohibited materials at the facility. The number of load checks performed and loads rejected will be documented by facility personnel in accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17869(e). Load check records are maintained at the RRF/Compost Facility office. 3.5 Processing Operations 3.5.1 Development Stages The Compost Facility will be developed dependent on availability of suitable compostable materials and equipment capability. The amount of material that is processed depends on potential composting technologies. Forward has designed the Compost Facility with the flexibility to expand its processing capability as the volume of incoming materials increases. Figure 2 shows the site development areas. Project development stages are also discussed in Section 2.1.9. 3.5.2 Type of Operations The Compost Facility uses the Windrow composting method turned by a Windrow machine. The facility operations are further described in the following sections. The amounts of waste received are described in detail in Section 1.3. a. Waste Handling and Separation Vehicles delivering green waste material that has been preprocessed (ground) prior to arriving at the Compost Facility or materials that do not need processing will be directed to a separate unloading area to bypass grinding operations. Compost Facility personnel will direct vehicles and supervise the unloading operations. Limited material sorting is conducted as discussed below only as part of the composting operation. After the materials are unloaded, laborers will remove unacceptable wastes such as plastic bags and miscellaneous pieces of mixed waste. Loads of material that have been processed prior to arriving at the Compost Facility will be visually inspected to ensure that contaminants are removed prior to composting. In addition, large concentrations of wastes (and difficult to process materials), which may be difficult to process or compost, are segregated and routed for disposal. Difficult-to-process materials include palm and other vine like materials, which can cause increased equipment maintenance and downtime; and eucalyptus, straw, and redwood, which take a long time to decompose and may contain phytotoxic components. Should any treated wood waste (TWW) be inadvertently delivered to the composting facility, Republic personnel will remove the TWW and dispose of it at the Forward Landfill in accordance with WDR Order No. R5-2014-0006. Additionally, any other unacceptable non-hazardous wastes and large concentrations of difficult materials are placed in MSW bins and transferred to the landfill's working face for disposal. After personnel have removed unacceptable and/or difficult materials and large wood objects from the waste which requires grinding, a front end loader will feed the waste into the grinder or move the material within reach of a grapple that will load the grinder. The grinder will shred the material into pieces with a nominal size of approximately 3 to 6 inches. Forward Composting Facility SWT Engineering Report of Composting Site Information-November 2014 z:\prcjects\allied waste\forward\resource recovery facility\5 yr permit rvw 2013-14\resi 2014\text\9-nov 2014 track changes\sec 3.doc