ARCHIVED REPORTS_MAY & JULY 2014-TPR

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3-7 Wood waste, lumber, and brush are crushed with a Caterpillar tractor and processed through a wood g rinder chipper. The chipped ground wood is then deposited in 120 cy trailers (or larger) and used for composting sent to mar l-<:et. The wood grinding area is approximately_4§40,000 square feet. Currently, there is no shredding or transformation of materials at the RRF. Cardboard is the only large vo lume recovered materia l baled for marl-<:et. Plastic is also baled, on a smaller scale . There is no compaction (other t han occasiona l manual compaction of a luminum cans) at the RRF . 3 .1.5.4 Materials Removal During the recyclables transfer o peration . materials will be loaded into large transfer trucks and hauled awa y generally the same da y to a permitted rec ycler. All residual waste is unloaded into a drop box or transfer trailers and transported to Forward Landfill for dis posal within 48 hours of receipt in accordance with 14 CCR. Section 17410.1. In no case are loose materials allowed to be stored on the tipping floor within the station for a period oftime exceeding 48 hours, which ma y result in the creation of a public health hazard . nuisance . or fire hazard as required under 14 CCR. Section 17409.3(c). Residual wastes are placed in one of five bins for delive ry to the landfill within 48 hours. 3.1.6 Burning Wastes and Open Burning (14 CCR. Sect ion 17407.1) In accordance with 14 CCR , Section 17407 .1(a), if burning wastes are inadvertently rece ived at the RRF, they are separated from other wastes by a loader to a safe area away from the unloading, transfer, and processing areas where it can be spread and extinguished. Open burning of solid waste at the RRF is prohibited in accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17407.1(b). If the smoldering or burning material cannot be immediatel y extinguished by facility personnel. or if there is a risk of the fire spreading or an in jury to facility personnel. "911" will be called immediately for assistance from the Fire Department. The RRF has a water storage tank for fire suppression as well. It should be noted that an additional water truck is available at the landfill. if needed. Additional information regarding firefighting operations is discussed in Section 3.3.6. An y incidents of smoldering or burning loads are recorded in the Special Occurrence Log (see Section 3.4.3), 3.1.7 Hazardous, Liquid and Special Waste Exclusion (14 CCR. Section 17407.5) In accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17407 .5(b), the operator Ras-implement~ea control measures~ as necessary~ to protect public health, safety~ and the environment. The operator conducts i nstitutes a hazardous screening program in the form of a load-checking program. The transfer station is currentl y prohibited from accepting hazardous wastes . medical wastes . dead animals . and canne ry waste per the existing SWFP (with the exception of wastes s pecified in the SWFP ). It should be noted that canne ry rinse water is used at the Forward Resource Recovery Facility SWT Engineering Transfer/Processing Report -May 2014 z:\projects \ali ied waste \forward \resource recovery facility \5 yr permit rvw 2013·14\tpr 2014\text\rev tra ck\se c3-rev tr.d oc