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Report of Composting Site Information Tracy Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station 30703 S. MacArthur Drive, Tracy, Ca. 95377 The composting facility personnel training programs will include instruction in methods to observe incoming loads and to check for the receipt of unacceptable materials. The key employees include the scale personnel, composting facility load check personnel, equipment operators, and the site manager. All loads will be checked and ground prior to loading the feedstock into the mixing equipment. Physical damage to equipment, which can occur from inert'debris, such as concrete, metal rebar, and engine parts, is too great to ignore and affects production of a quality product. The Local Enforcement Agency will be notified of the identification, segregation, acceptance and disposition of any serious unlawful delivery of hazardous materials identified through this load check program. Any such items shall be handled and disposed of by trained personnel in accordance with applicable law and regulation. Hazardous Waste Exclusion Program Only non-hazardous organic wastes are accepted at the site. The greatest likelihood of hidden hazardous waste being in the waste stream would occur in loads of post- consumer food wastes from restaurants or mixed with yard wastes. All incoming material will be checked following the load-checking program previously described. Excluded Materials Materials other than those described are excluded from the site. There are no plans to process hazardous waste or wastewater treatment waste streams on the site at this time. The composting of unprocessed mammalian tissue, including but not limited to, flesh, organs, hide, blood and morrow is expressly prohibited, except when from the food service industry, grocery stores, or residential food scrap collection programs. The composting of medical wastes is expressly prohibited. Special Occurrence Log 14 CCR §17869(b) requires the compost operator to maintain general record keeping for special occurrences. A special occurrences log will be maintained at the facility. The log will include the following special occurrences or information: fires, flooding, earth movement, unusual and sudden settlement, injury or property damage accidents, explosions, discharge of hazardous or other unacceptable materials, disposition of material exceeding established limits, or other unusual occurrences. A site operations log comprising all safety, production, load checking, monitoring, and public complaints will be maintained. These logs will be kept at the Site Office. The Site Manager is responsible for maintaining these records. He is also responsible to see that records are available to the appropriate regulatory agencies. Composting Green Material, and Co-collected Yard and Green waste Co-collected yard waste and green waste (maximum 15% food waste) may be composted in traditional, open windrows. The windrows may be up to 8 feet in height, 20 feet in width and vary in length from 350 to 500 feet. Composted Digestate 20