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3-7 <br />Forward Composting Facility SWT Engineering <br /> Report of Composting Site Information - August 2019January 2022 <br />z:\projects\allied waste\forward\resource recovery facility\5 yr permit rvw 2019-2020\rcsi 2019\text\sec 3.doc <br />Loose materials and litter cleanup is accomplishe d by permanent employee duty <br />assignments augmented with temporary personnel as needed. D aily inspections are <br />conducted to maintain compliance. <br />3.4.4 Load Checking <br />As also discussed in Section 3.4.1, incoming loads are inspect ed upon entrance at the <br />facility in accordance with the Load Checking Program. Load checks of feedstocks are <br />performed at the material sorting area as required by 14 CCR, Section 17867(a)(3). In <br />addition, incoming loads are also checked for hazardous or prohibited materials at the <br />facility. The number of load checks performed and loads rejected will be documented by <br />facility personnel in accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17869(e). Load check records are <br />maintained at the RRF/Compost Facility office. <br />3.5 Processing Operations <br />3.5.1 Development Stages <br />The Compost Facility will be developed dependent on availability of suitable compostable <br />materials and equipment capability. The amount of material that is processed depends on <br />potential composting technologies. Forward has designe d the Compost Facility with the <br />flexibility to expand its processing capability as the volume of incoming materials increases. <br />Figure 2 shows the site development areas. Project development stages a re also discussed <br />in Section 2.1.9. <br />3.5.2 Type of Operations <br />The Compost Facility uses the Windrow composting method turned by a Windrow machine <br />and ASP composting system with positive aeration . The facility operations are further <br />described in the following sections. The amounts of waste received are de scribed in detail <br />in Section 1.3. <br />a. Waste Handling and Separation <br />Vehicles delivering green waste material that has been pre -processed (ground) prior to <br />arriving at the Compost Facility or materials that do not need processing will be directed to a <br />separate unloading area to bypass grinding operations. Compost Facility personnel will <br />direct vehicles and supervise the unloading operations. Limited material sorting is <br />conducted as discussed below only as part of the composting operation. <br />After the materials are unloaded, laborers will remove unacceptable wastes such as plastic <br />bags and miscellaneous pieces of mixed waste . Loads of material that have been <br />processed prior to arriving at the Co mpost Facility will be visually inspected to ensure that <br />contaminant s are removed prior to composting. In addition, large concentrations of wastes <br />(and difficult to process materials), which may be difficult to process or compost, are <br />segregated and routed for disposal. Difficult -to-process materials include palm and other <br />vine like materials, which can cause increased equipment maintenance and downtime; and <br />eucalyptus, straw, and redwood, which t ake a long time to decompose and may contain <br />phytotoxic components. Should any treated wood waste (TWW) be inadvertently deliv ered to <br />the composting facility, Republic personnel will remove the TWW and dispose of it at the <br />Forward Landfill in accordance with WDR Order No. R5 -2014-0006. Additionally, any other <br />unacceptable non-hazardous wastes and large concentrations of difficult materials are <br />placed in MSW bins and transferred to the landfill's working face for disposal.