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Speaking at: SustPack 2017 Scottsdale, AZ, April 24-26, 2017 Teaching at: Foundations of Composting, Los Angeles, CA, January 23, 2017 Foundations of Composting, Baltimore, MD, April 4, 2017 USCC Compost Operator Training Course, Pomona, CA, March 6-10, 2017 USCC Compost Operator Training Course, NYC, July 24-28, 2017 On Dec 6, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Robert McClellon [EH] <RMcClellonn jcehd.com> wrote: Yes, I think we do need to talk. Here is my concern. We are about to approve something that has the potential to disrupt a whole community. There are several articles regarding Harvest Power and their Vancouver operation. That facility is equipped with control measure and still has issues. I know there are a lot of variables there and trying to compare the two sites might be a little apples and oranges. I do believe there are similarities. The Harvest Tulare facility had off site odors when we visited it. We did talk with some of the folks at the school and they stated it was bad at times. I am sure that they did contact the operator or the LEA. They stated that they live in a farming community and that the expected some odors. The Tulare site is almost ideal. It is in an area that is sparsely populated surrounded by 30 foot tall trees. It was still surprising that there was a confined animal operation there and I could not smell it over the compost. The Lathrop facility is much closer to a decent sized community that is not farm oriented. They commute to the Bay Area for work and probably consider themselves city folks. The GIMP is a guidance document. How well it is complied may have some effect on the odors, maybe not. If the site creates an unacceptable level of odors to spite the best implementation of a plan, then there should be an avenue to stop the acceptance of the most offensive waste from entering the facility. It is obvious that you do not want to install control measures and it is probably not feasible given the amount of waste, but there should be a safe guard. If Harvest Power is confident in their abilities to control the odors generated by their site activities then I do not see why there couldn't be some type of trigger placed in the CUP. I am open to having a conversation to discuss further. Robert From: Matthew Cotton [mailto:matt@mattcotton.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 11:30 AM To: Robert McClellon [EH] 2