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All County solid waste facility personnel are trained to inspect agricultural chemical containers. All containers must have documentation showing that they have been properly rinsed and punctured, and are dry before they are accepted at the site. Containers which do not meet the above-stated criteria are not accepted at any of the previously mentioned County facilities. The County, through its load checking program, makes every effort to screen agricultural chemical containers from the waste stream. Agricultural chemical containers received at all County solid waste facilities are separated from the waste stream and stored at a designated area in a fully enclosed 40 cubic yard metal bin. The bin is kept closed except during loading/unloading of containers. The doors are kept closed for safety as well as vector control purposes. Quarterly Event Practices The County has contracted with a properly authorized contractor to perform quarterly events at the North County, Lovelace, and Corral Hollow facilities. The contractor processes and removes all certified agricultural chemical containers from the respective County solid waste facilities. Containers stored in bins at the North County, Lovelace, and Corral Hollow sites are recycled once per quarter (every three months) , or when necessary if on-site storage reaches capacity prior to the quarterly recycling date. Containers stored at the Foothill site are transported to the Lovelace or North County site at the time of that site's quarterly event. During a quarterly event, the County allows persons to drop off certified (documented) and self-certified containers. Persons bringing undocumented containers are allowed to self-certify that the container/s has/have been triple-rinsed and punctured. An agricultural inspector is present at all events, quarterly or otherwise, to inspect all containers received at the event. The agricultural inspector present at the event, at his/her discretion, retains the right to allow or reject any and/or all self-certified containers. The events are free to persons bringing agricultural chemical containers only. If other waste is brought with agricultural containers, the person is appropriately charged for the other waste. Containers which have been certified or given approval by the agricultural inspector are then separated by the contractor by type (i .e., metal, plastic, or cardboard) . The contractor then chips the containers with a portable chipper. After chipping the containers, the chips are'taken off-site by the contractor to be recycled. 2