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Valley Organics, Inc. <br />.dasub. 1116 <br />COMPOSTING Ben Lucchesi <br />US COUNCIL 916 Frewert Rd. Phone: 209-982-1381 <br />Lathrop, CA 95330 <br />Seal. of Testing Product Name: Compost <br />Assurance <br />Sample Date: 6/23/11 1430 <br />COMPOST TECHNICAL DATA SHEET <br />u somroaY: A & L Western Agri. Labs 1311 Woodland Ave. #1, Modesto, CA. 95351 Ph. 209-529-4080 Fax 209-529-4736 <br />Compost Parameters <br />Reported as (runts of neasure) <br />Test Results <br />Test Results <br />Plant Nutrients: <br />%, weight basis <br />%, wet weight basis <br />%, dry weight basis <br />Nitrogen <br />Total N <br />0.68 <br />0.94 <br />Phosphorus <br />P205 <br />0.36 <br />0.51 <br />Potassium <br />K20 <br />0.56 <br />0.78 <br />Calcium <br />Ca <br />1.43 <br />1.98 <br />Magnesium <br />Mg <br />0.34 <br />0.47 <br />Moisture Content <br />c/a, wet weight basis <br />28.01 <br />Organic Matter Content <br />%, dry weight basis <br />28.97 <br />P14 <br />pH units <br />8.4 <br />Soluble Salts <br />(electrical condnctivity ECS) <br />dS/m (mmhos/cm) <br />2.5 <br />Particle Size <br />%< 9.5 mm (3/s in.), dw basis <br />100 <br />Stability Indicator (respirometry) <br />Stability Rating: <br />CO2 Evolution 4. <br />mg CO2-C/g OM/day 1.7 <br />mg CO2-C/g TS/day I 0.49 <br />Very Stable <br />Maturity Indicator (bioassay) <br />Percent Emergence <br />Relative Seedling Vigor <br />_ <br />average % of control 96 <br />average % ofcontrol 88 <br />Select Pathogens <br />PASSIFAIL: per US EPA Class A <br />standard, 40 CFR § 503.32(a) <br />Pass <br />Fecal Coliform <br />— <br />Salmonella <br />Salmonella <br />Trace Metals <br />PASS/FAIL: per Us EPA Class A <br />standard, 40 CFR § 503.13, <br />Tables i and 3. <br />Pass <br />1 <br />As,Cd,Cr,Cu,Pb,Hg <br />1 Mo,Ni,t Zn <br />Report No. 11-175-176 Lab No. 20070 Dale: 7/21/11 Signal - <br />This compost product has been sampled and tested as required by the Seal of Testing Assurance Program of the United <br />States Composting Council (USCC), using certain methods from the "Test Methods for the Examination of Compost <br />and Composting" manual. Test results are available upon request by contacting the compost producer at the phone <br />number listed above. The USCC makes no warranties regarding this product or its contents, quality, or suitability for <br />any particular use. <br />Tor additional information pertaining to compost use, the speciflc compost parameters tested for within <br />the Seal of Tesfing Assurance Program, or the program in general, log on to the US Composting <br />Council's TMECC web -site at http://Wwiv.tmecc.orglstal. <br />