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installing another composting unit with 2 more pits. This will give them the capacity to process approximately 148 cubic yards of manure per day. Completed compost will be stored on a concrete slab. It will be sold bulk to agricultural enterprises. There are several storage ponds on-site. There are small storage ponds between each of the Woody's for collection of rain runoff. There is a storage pond west of the processing plant for wash water and rain runoff from the processing plant. The large storage pond is by the bunker and this is where all the liquefied manure from the houses will be closed cover. There is a thin layer of water on the surface to reduce flies and odors. In the past they utilized an area as a dry field. They would spread a thin layer of manure in this area and allow it to dry. The faster manure dries the less odor and flies you will have. SKS would like to utilize the dry fields again if they get into a bind with the composting machine. They will only be utilized if in a bind. Residences There are 7 residences or employee housing on-site. They consist of trailer homes, modular homes, and stick homes. There are 4 domestic wells on-site. They provide fresh water to the residences, poultry houses, and processing plant. MV M The waste eggs (cracked, chipped, blood spots, etc.) from the packing shed are dumped into 55 gallon barrels. The surface of the barrels are covered with corn meal and picked up by California Spray Dry Company for pet food. All garbage generated within the facility is put in an 8 x 16 x 6 trailer and hauled to North County Landfill, Harney Lane by S.K.S. employees approximately 2 times a week. SKS has about a 5% mortality rate. The birds are incinerated.