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DISPOSAL PLAN Peralta Farming Company, Inc. plans to dispose of liquid waste(no mud)from the Heinz Tracy tomato canning facility. Spreading will be done with a water truck on a 130 acre parcel of agricultural land. MATERIAL The "waste" is a liquid mixture of tomato serum and wash water. 1. Tomato Serum Processing tomatoes are transported from a grower's field to the cannery in fiberglass tubs. In transit, some tomatoes are crushed, breaking the skin of the tomato and releasing serum(juice)from the locules(cavities). Tomato serum is 100 per cent natural liquid. It is neither toxic nor hazardous. 2. Wash Water In the process of inspecting tomatoes to determine acceptability for processing, State(Processing Tomato Advisory Board)inspectors wash the sample. The wash water is collected with the serum. DISPOSAL At the cannery,the serum is drained from the tomato tubs just prior to the tomatoes being unloaded. At one time,the serum and wash water passed into the city sewer, along with other liquid waste from the plant. Now the serum and wash water are kept separate so that the liquid does not go into the sewer. Disposal of serum is a problem for the city of Tracy sewage plant. It is a problem because the serum contains organic matter with a BOD requirement. Aeration(oxygenation)is expensive for the city and there is limited capacity. The best and least expensive method to dispose of organic matter(BOD)is to spread the liquid thinly over the ground to fully expose it to air and sunlight. Plans are being developed for the city to acquire agricultural land near the sewer plant specifically for cannery waste. In the meanwhile, we need this proposed site to help with the BOD situation. PRESENT DISPOSAL Peralta presently collects serum and wash water in a water truck and hauls the material from the Tracy Heinz plant to an approved site west of Stockton(Roberts Road). This is the same site Heinz uses to dispose of wet waste from both Tracy and Stockton. A large plastic tank is available at the Tracy plant to collect the material while the truck is spreading.