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Transfer/Processing Report Tracy Material Recovery and Transfer Facility 30703 5. MacArthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 several areas of the MRF line and building or C&D Processing Area, for proper pick-up and disposal by a registered medical waste management contractor. Supervisors and employees are trained to properly manage HHW and medical wastes at the Facility. Noise Control Tracy will control noise to prevent health hazards and to prevent nuisance to neighbors. The Facility is located within an agricultural area where the nearest receptor residence is over 600 feet away. Mobile equipment will have mufflers to minimize noise impacts. Equipment to be used at the facility will meet OSHA standards for noise and safety. All employees will wear ear protection devices should they be subject to excessive noise levels at the facility. Non-Salvageable Items Drugs, cosmetics, foods, beverages, hazardous wastes, poisons, medical wastes, syringes, needles, pesticides and other materials capable of causing public health or safety problems shall not be salvaged during the transfer operations. AOL Hazardous waste, salvageable or non-salvageable, will not be accepted, and is strictly prohibited at the Tracy facility. Tracy will work with generators to properly manage these hazardous waste items at the point of generation by referring the generator to a registered hazardous waste hauler should a request be made. Where the collector is suspect that hazardous waste may be commingled with MSW at the point of generation, the collector will load check the bins prior to collection at the point of generation, and will not collect the loads where a visual inspection would indicate that hazardous waste is present. The collector would then notify the generator of the hazardous waste identification, and if not safely removed from the bin, the LEA would be notified and the load would not be collected. Transfer Facility: No salvaging is permitted at the Transfer Facility by regulations, and there is no opportunity to load check on a floor sort or pick line. The MSW unloaded at the Transfer Facility from garbage trucks will be load checked at the facility and there will be an opportunity to recover non-salvageable hazardous waste items. The landfill operator where the MSW is disposed will also be conducting random load checks of the MSW load, and will notify the hauler should hazardous waste be found, where the hauler could work with the collector to assist in determining the generator, in an effort to mitigate further incidents through notification and education. 30