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fo 0 x 17867(a)(13)- Physical Contamination Prevented or Removed Comments: There were pieces of glass observed throughout the windrows. This issue was most prevalent in the following windrows: #33-36. The ends of these windrows had a significant quantity of glass. Operator was instructed4o immediately move out these ends from the windrows and have the compost disposed. Operator was also instructed to contact the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department once the ends were removed from the windrows and properly disposed (so a site visit could be conducted and it could be verified that the ends were removed from the site). A. The operator shall prevent or remove physical contaminants in compost that may cause injury to humans. B. Operator was reminded that current regulation (Title 14 CCR, Section 17868.5)states that physical contaminants cannot be greater than 1%of the total weight. Also,future regulations will state that the physical contaminants cannot be greater than 0.5%of the total weight. C. Maintain documentation that the compost with glass was disposed. fnspecrion Report Connments Routine monthly inspection conducted on this date and the following was noted: 1. There were no tires observed in the Waste Management disposal bin. Facility is now keeping all waste tires in a designated area. 2. The analysis results for the metal concentration, fecal coliform density, and Salmonella density of the compost product was available for review. The compost met the state standards. 3. All records were available for review. 4. The odor and fly population was light. Dust was minimal. 5. No offsite litter was observed. 6. The temperature of the greenwaste and ground material was 82 F and 92 F respectively. The temperature range of the windrows was 110 F to 130 F. The temperature of the overs and hogfuel was 104 F and 114 F respectively. The temperature of the pre-screened product and the screened product was 94 F and 158 F respectively.