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Musco Olive Tracy, California JOB 35011. <br />Compost is an organic material which has been actively decomposed via <br />a moisture controlled and temperature_ controlled operation to produce <br />a material which is fundamentally more beneficial to plant growth than <br />Mulch. Compost, furthermore, is a recognized commercial product which <br />may be purchased from numerous retail outlets. Compost also has a <br />beneficial application rate. No Compost is currently brought to the <br />Musco Olive site, nor is any Compost made at the Musco Olive site. As <br />far as I am aware, Compost may be delivered to the Musco site and <br />beneficially applied to the agriculturally zoned property without any <br />permit. The only time a Compost permit is required is for the <br />manufacture or sale of Compost, neither of which are performed by <br />Musco Olive. If Musco Olive were to manufacture Compost, it would <br />obtain a Compost permit. <br />Musco Olive has a yard to facilitate handling of the mulch. Because <br />there are periods of the year when the mulch cannot be directly <br />applied to the intended soil due to inclement weather, there is <br />temporary storage. <br />You have indicated that you are looking at Musco Olive in comparison <br />to a number of commercial Green Waste/Mulch/Compost facilities which <br />operate in your jurisdiction. There are a number of substantial <br />differences between those commercial operations and Musca Olive. <br />(1) No Green Waste enters the Musco property. Those commercial <br />operations typically charge a tipping fee and receive the Green <br />Waste directly for further processing. <br />(2) The amount of Mulch which enters the Musco property is <br />limited to that which can be beneficially used on that property. <br />Those commercial operations typically have no significant on-site <br />use capabilities and rely upon re-sale of the material to the <br />general public to draw from the inventory. In a worst case <br />scenario, a commercial operator may literally fill the site with <br />green waste/mulch/compost and walk away from the site because the <br />economic value of the material lies almost exclusively in the <br />tipping fee. The material is still offered for sale but at a <br />price which is not commercially viable. This would constitute <br />the accumulation of material for speculative purposes, which <br />renders the material a waste instead of a product. <br />(3) Musco Olive does not process the material. Those commercial <br />operations typically either process the Green Waste into Mulch or <br />into Compost. <br />(4) Musco Olive does not sell the material. Those commercial <br />operations typically rely upon the general public to buy the <br />material in order to draw against the accumulated inventory. - <br />2 <br />imm <br />