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i 0 MATERIAL PROCESSING, HANDELING, AND STORAGE PRACTICES PROCESSING Feedstock: The poultry manure will be processed directly after it is removed from the Honen's daily. If there is a problem with the composting machine, it may sit for a few hours prior to processing. The wood shavings are stored in a clean, dry, covered area until ready for mixing with the poultry manure to produce compost. Depending on how big the delivered load of wood shavings is it could last for a week or two before more shavings are delivered again. Processed Material: From the time of mixing the poultry manure with the wood shavings to a completed compost product is 28 days. The completed compost is piled and a sample is collected and sent to a laboratory for analysis. It takes approximately 1 week to get the results back. Once the results are received the compost can be bagged or sold bulk and removed from the premises. The completed compost should not be stored on site for more than 30 days. PILE GEOMETRY Feedstock: The dimensions of the compost windrow is 3'X20'X250'. Three feet high, 20 feet wide, and 250 feet long. At the present time there are two windrows in operation. The pile moves 7 feet per day. Processed Material: The completed compost will be piled approximately 8'X20'X250' (8 feet high, 20 feet wide, and 250 feet long until bagged or removed from the site. This should only be stored long enough to get the laboratory results back, bag it, and/or sell it bulk. Storage should be 30 days or less. WEATHER EVENTS IMPACTING THE OPERATION There are only two products mixed to produce the compost. The wood shavings are stored in a covered building directly next door to the composting facility. Weather should not have an impact on the composting operation. The poultry manure is produced daily no matter what the conditions out -side are like. The poultry manure utilized as one of the feedstock's in the compost is produced on-site year round. Weather changes will not impact or change production of the manure, manure consistency, or timing of the product.