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There are no roads within the Recycling Center; however, roads into and out of the Recycling Center are paved. 7.2.2 Vehicle Processing and Signage Incoming refuse vehicles entering the facility are processed for payment at the scale house (Plate 20). Signs at the scale house indicate what materials can be received, the fee for disposal, and what materials are prohibited. The scale house attendant asks if prohibited materials are contained in the load and if the refuse originates within San Joaquin County. Vehicles with loads originating in the County and not containing prohibited wastes are either weighed or the volume estimated at the scale house, and customers are charged for their delivery. The data for all transactions are stored daily in the computer and transmitted periodically to the Solid Waste Office. Other vehicles are not allowed to deliver materials to the site. The scale house attendant directs the customer to the appropriate materials receiving area. Vehicles such as transfer trucks, front-end loaders, rear loaders, roll -off trucks, and end dumps are is directed to the site's landfill active face for unloading (Plate 18). Protection of users of Recycling Center is provided by the separation in elevation between the users and the tipping floor, by the Recycling Center signage, and by the Recycling Center attendant who ensures that safety practices are followed. Material is received within the Recycling Center at two areas (Plate 21): • Self -Haul area on the west side of the recycling center, which receives manually -emptied vehicles such as pick-up trucks (Plate 16). ® Commercial area on the east side of the recycling center, which receives larger delivery vehicles that are not appropriate for deliver directly to the active landfill face (Plate 17). In the self -haul area, vehicles are directed by County staff to back into marked stalls and deposit the material over the raised edge of the disposal areas to the Tipping/Sorting Floor below. Customers are allowed out of their vehicles, but are not allowed on the tipping floor. Children and pets are required to remain in the customer's vehicles. North County RC&SL Page 52 of 68 Public Works/Solid Waste Joint Technical Document County of San Joaquin — October 10, 2014